CaMac1, a Candida albicans copper ion-sensing transcription factor, promotes filamentous and invasive growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-217

  Huang, Guang Hua ^a   Nie, Xin Yi ^a   Chen, Jiang Ye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CaMac1; cAMP PKA pathway; Candida albicans; MAPK pathway; Morphogenesis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

CATION; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIPLOIDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DIPLOIDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645012033     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2006.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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