Expression levels and subcellular localization of Bcy1p in Candida albicans mutant strains devoid of one BCY1 allele results in a defective morphogenetic behavior

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1763, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-72

  Giacometti, Romina ^a   Souto, Guadalupe ^a   Silberstein, Susana ^a   Giasson, Luc ^b   Cantore, María Leonor ^a   Passeron, Susana ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BCY1 mutant; Candida albicans; Protein expression; Subcellular localization

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BCY1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIQUID CULTURE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HETEROZYGOTE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 32144441329     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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