A role for Efg1p in Candida albicans interactions with extracellular matrices

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-158

  Saville, Stephen P ^a   Thomas, Derek P ^a   López Ribot, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; EFG1; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectin; Laminin

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EFG1P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MUTANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LAMININ; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEOMICS; TENASCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33645094376     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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