Thigmotropism and stretch-activated channels in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 689-695

  Watts, H J ^a   Very A A ^b,c   Perera, T H S ^a   Davies, J M ^b   Gow, N A R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Stretch activated channels; Thigmotropism

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; ION CHANNEL; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIGMOTROPISM;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 2642710892     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-3-689     Document Type: Article

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