The two isoforms of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit are involved in the control of dimorphism in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 133-141

  Cloutier, Monikca ^a   Castilla, Rocío ^b   Bolduc, Nathalie ^a   Zelada, Alicia ^b   Martineau, Philippe ^a   Bouillon, Marlène ^a   Magee, Beatrice B ^c   Passeron, Susana ^b   Giasson, Luc ^a   Cantore, María L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; cAMP dependent protein kinase; Candida albicans; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC STRAIN; HOMOZYGOSITY; LIQUID CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERUM; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0345270046     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00520-0     Document Type: Article

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