APSES proteins regulate morphogenesis and metabolism in Candida albicans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3167-3180

  Doedt, Thomas ^a   Krishnamurthy, Shankarling ^a   Bockmühl, Dirk P ^a   Tebarth, Bernd ^a   Stempel, Christian ^a   Russell, Claire L ^b   Brown, Alistair J P ^b   Ernst, Joachim F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APSES PROTEIN; EFG1P PROTEIN; EFH1P PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 3042765834     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-11-0782     Document Type: Article

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