Identification and Characterization of a Candida albicans Mating Pheromone

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 8189-8201

  Bennett, Richard J ^a   Uhl, M Andrew ^a   Miller, Mathew G ^a   Johnson, Alexander D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dept of Microbiology and Immunology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; FACTOR A; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FUNGAL CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, MATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0242412294     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.22.8189-8201.2003     Document Type: Article

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