Farnesol-mediated inhibition of Candida albicans yeast growth and rescue by a diacylglycerol analogue

Yeast

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 681-693

  Uppuluri, Priya ^a,b   Mekala, Satish ^a,c   Chaffin, W La Jean ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Diacylglycerol; Farnesol; Microarray; Phosphatidylinositol; PKC1; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; FARNESOL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL GROWTH; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA REPLICATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MAMMAL CELL; METABOLITE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIVISION; DIGLYCERIDES; FARNESOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548206304     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1501     Document Type: Article

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