Virulence-related surface glycoproteins in the yeast pathogen Candida glabrata are encoded in subtelomeric clusters and subject to RAP1- and SIR-dependent transcriptional silencing

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2245-2258

  De Las Peñas, Alejandro ^a   Pan, Shih Jung ^a   Castaño, Irene ^a   Alder, Jonathan ^a   Cregg, Robert ^a   Cormack, Brendan P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Fungal pathogen; GPI; Subtelomeric; Virulence; Yeast

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LECTIN; PROTEIN EPA1; PROTEIN RAP1P; RAP PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CHROMATIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; LECTINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0141706832     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1121003     Document Type: Article

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