Critical role of DNA checkpoints in mediating genotoxic-stress-induced filamentous growth in Candida albicans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 815-826

  Shi, Qing Mei ^a   Wang, Yan Ming ^a   Zheng, Xin De ^a   Lee, Raymond Teck Ho ^a   Wang, Yue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; APHIDICOLIN; ASPARAGINE; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; FUNGAL DNA; GLYCINE; HYDROXYUREA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; MRC1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAD53 GENE; RAD9 GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APHIDICOLIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROXYUREA; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33947150168     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-05-0442     Document Type: Article

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