The role of the Candida albicans histidine kinase [CHK1) gene in the regulation of cell wall mannan and glucan biosynthesis

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-299

  Kruppa, Michael ^a   Goins, Tresa ^b   Cutler, Jim E ^b,c   Lowman, Douglas ^d,e   Williams, David ^d   Chauhan, Neeraj ^a   Menon, Veena ^a   Singh, Praveen ^a   Li, Dongmei ^a   Calderone, Richard ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Research Institute for Children at Children's Hospital New Orleans   (United States)

^d East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^e EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; CELL EXTRACT; CHITIN; GLUCAN; HEXOSE; MAB PROTEIN; MANNAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOMANNAN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHK1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUOROPHORE ASSISTED CARBOHYDRATE ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCANS; HEXOSES; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPHAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MANNANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN KINASES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 12444292761     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(02)00164-2     Document Type: Article

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