Deletion of the Candida albicans G-protein-coupled receptor, encoded by orf19.1944 and its allele orf19.9499, produces mutants defective in filamentous growth

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1081-1085

  Sciascia, Quentin L ^a   Sullivan, Patrick A ^a   Farley, Peter C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Embedded agar; Filamentation; G protein coupled receptor; orf19.1944

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GENES; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; SENSORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS; FILAMENTOUS SIGNALS; SURFACE COLONIES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AGAR; DNA FRAGMENT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

GROWTH;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 17044411667     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-095     Document Type: Article

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