Ssn6, an important factor of morphological conversion and virulence in Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1029-1043

  Hwang, Cheol Sang ^a   Oh, Jang Hyun ^a   Huh, Won Ki ^a   Yim, Hyung Soon ^a   Kang, Sa Ouk ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN CPH1; PROTEIN EFG1; PROTEIN TUP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SSN6; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0037329598     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03353.x     Document Type: Article

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