Candida albicans Csy1p Is a Nutrient Sensor Important for Activation of Amino Acid Uptake and Hyphal Morphogenesis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-143

  Brega, Elisa ^a   Zufferey, Rachel ^a   Mamoun, Choukri Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME; TRANSGENE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1242277768     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.1.135-143.2004     Document Type: Article

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