The effect of farnesol on amino acid incorporation by a wild-type and cell-wall variant strain of Candida albicans

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 715-718

  Braun, Phyllis C ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid incorporation; Candida albicans; Farnesol

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NITROGEN; YEAST;

AMINO ACID INCORPORATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FARNESOL;

AMINO ACIDS;

FARNESOL;

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACIDS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; FARNESOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 29144498310     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-050     Document Type: Article

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