Adaptation of the Efg1p morphogenetic pathway in Candida albicans by negative autoregulation and PKA-dependent repression of the EFG1 gene

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 949-962

  Tebarth, Bernd ^a   Doedt, Thomas ^a   Krishnamurthy, Shankarling ^a   Weide, Mirko ^a   Monterola, Freida ^b   Dominguez, Angel ^b   Ernst, Joachim F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Efg1; Histone deacetylation; Morphogenesis; Protein kinase A

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; ISOENZYME; M PROTEIN; PROTEIN EFG1; PROTEIN SIN3; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0038206537     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00505-9     Document Type: Article

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