The Cek1 and Hog1 mitogen-activated protein kinases play complementary roles in cell wall biogenesis and chlamydospore formation in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-358

  Eisman, B ^a   Alonso Monge, R ^a   Roman E ^a   Arana, D ^a   Nombela, C ^a   Pla, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEK1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONGO RED; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; ZYMOLYASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CONGO RED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROLASES; HYPHAE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 32944472993     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.5.2.347-358.2006     Document Type: Article

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