Opaque cells signal white cells to form biofilms in Candida albicans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2240-2252

  Daniels, Karla J ^a   Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Pujol, Claude ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. albicans biofilms; C. albicans switching; White opaque transition

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EUKARYOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33646780600     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601099     Document Type: Article

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