The Adhesin Hwp1 and the First Daughter Cell Localize to the a/a Portion of the Conjugation Bridge during Candida albicans Mating

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4920-4930

  Daniels, Karla J ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Staab, Janet F ^b   Sundstrom, Paula ^b   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ADHESIN HWP1; ALPHA PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; ZYGOTE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); ZYGOTE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344875496     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-04-0264     Document Type: Article

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