Evidence for novel pH-dependent regulation of Candida albicans Rim101, a direct transcriptional repressor of the cell wall β-glycosidase Phr2

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1550-1559

  Baek, Yong Un ^a   Martin, Samuel J ^a   Davis, Dana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHR1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; RIM101 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33748864964     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00088-06     Document Type: Article

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