A screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae identified CaMCM1, an essential gene in Candida albicans crucial for morphogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 943-959

  Rottmann, M ^a   Dieter, S ^a   Brunner, H ^a   Rupp, S ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIC AMP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CAMCM1 GENE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLO11 GENE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; HWP1 GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NRG1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUP1 GENE; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LAC OPERON; MCM1 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

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

EID: 0037323797     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03358.x     Document Type: Article

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