Identification of Candida albicans genes that induce Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell adhesion and morphogenesis

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1601-1609

  Li, Fang ^a   Palecek, Sean P ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; TISSUE;

ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; MORPHOGENESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYSTYRENES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 28844509960     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp050236c     Document Type: Article

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