Repression of hyphal proteinase expression by the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphatase Cpp1p of Candida albicans is independent of the MAP kinase Cek1p

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 7159-7161

  Schröppel, Klaus ^a   Sprößer, Katrin ^a   Whiteway, Malcolm ^b   Thomas, David Y ^b   Röllinghoff, Martin ^a   Csank, Csilla ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c BIOBASE Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYR1 GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAP4-6 GENE;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0342526806     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.7159-7161.2000     Document Type: Article

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