Characterization of a Candida albicans gene encoding a putative transcriptional factor required for cell wall integrity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 159-167

  Moreno, Inmaculada ^a   Pedreño, Yolanda ^a,c   Maicas, Sergi ^a,d   Sentandreu, Rafael ^a   Herrero, Enrique ^b   Valentin, Eulogio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cell wall; Gene disruption; Transcriptional factor

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COLORING AGENT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL GROWTH; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; COLORING AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENOME, FUNGAL; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0642369573     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00588-3     Document Type: Article

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