Independent regulation of chitin synthase and chitinase activity in Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 921-928

  Selvaggini, Serena ^a   Munro, Carol A ^a   Paschoud, Serge ^b   Sanglard, Dominique ^b   Gow, Neil A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITINASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1942505375     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26661-0     Document Type: Article

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