Gcn4 co-ordinates morphogenetic and metabolic responses to amino acid starvation in Candida albicans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5448-5456

  Tripathi, Gyanendra ^b   Wiltshire, Carolyn ^c   Macaskill, Susan ^a   Tournu, Helene ^a   Budge, Susan ^a   Brown, Alistair J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid starvation; Candida albicans; GCN4; Morphogenesis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMITROLE; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; RAS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTIDINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037107425     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf507     Document Type: Article

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