MYO2 is not essential for viability, but is required for polarized growth and dimorphic switches in Candida albicans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 195-202

  Woo, Miyoung ^a   Lee, Kyunghee ^a   Song, Kiwon ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Dimorphic switch; F actin; MYO2; Myosin; Polarized growth

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN V; PROTEIN MYO2; PROTEIN MYO4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BUDDING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENDODERM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MUTAGENESIS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE V; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0037458151     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01133-3     Document Type: Article

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