Inducible defense mechanism against nitric oxide in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 715-723

  Ullmann, Breanna D ^a   Myers, Hadley ^a   Chiranand, Wiriya ^a   Lazzell, Anna L ^b   Zhao, Qiang ^a   Vega, Luis A ^a   Lopez Ribot, Jose L ^b   Gardner, Paul R ^c   Gustin, Michael C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEMOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; YHB1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEMEPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2942683517     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.3.715-723.2004     Document Type: Article

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