The regulation of EFG1 in white-opaque switching in Candida albicans involves overlapping promoters

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 523-536

  Lachke, Salil A ^a   Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EFG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA FLANKING REGION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0038496702     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.t01-1-03448.x     Document Type: Article

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