Global roles of Ssn6 in tup1- And nrg1-dependent gene regulation in the fungal pathogen, Candida albicans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2913-2925

  García Sánchez, Susana ^a,b   Mavor, Abigail L ^a,c   Russell, Claire L ^a   Argimon, Silvia ^a   Dennison, Paul ^a,d   Enjalbert, Brice ^a   Brown, Alistair J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRG1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SSN6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TUP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL BUDDING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 19644395545     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E05-01-0071     Document Type: Article

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