Phenotypic switching in candida albicans is controlled by a SIR2 gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2580-2592

  Pérez Martín, José ^a   Uría, José Antonio ^b   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Heterochromatin; Phenotypic switching; SIR2 gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE SWITCHING; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, SWITCH; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIRTUINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0343199707     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2580     Document Type: Article

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