Isolation of the MIG1 gene from Candida albicans and effects of its disruption on catabolite repression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 320-326

  Zaragoza, Oscar ^a   Rodríguez, Cristina ^a   Gancedo, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ASPARAGINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; GALACTOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; MALTOSE; PROTEIN MIG1; SERINE; SUCROSE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 17544401301     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.320-326.2000     Document Type: Article

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