Identification of an exoribonuclease homolog, CaKEM1/CaXRN1, in Candida albicans and its characterization in filamentous growth

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-303

  An, Hae Sook ^a   Lee, Kang Hoon ^a   Kim, Jinmi ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CaKEM1; Candida albicans; Exoribonuclease; Filamentation; XRN1

Indexed keywords

EXORIBONUCLEASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KEM1; PROTEIN XRN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXORIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2942589271     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.04.048     Document Type: Article

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