Differential involvement of histidine kinase receptors in pseudohyphal development, stress adaptation, and drug sensitivity of the opportunistic yeast Candida lusitaniae

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1782-1794

  Chapeland Leclerc, Florence ^a   Paccallet, Paméla ^a   Ruprich Robert, Gwenaël ^a   Reboutier, David ^a   Chastin, Christiane ^a   Papon, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AMINO 4 IMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENPICLONIL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; IPRODIONE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; AMINOIMIDAZOLE CARBOXAMIDE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDANTOINS; HYPHAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYRROLES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE;

EID: 35348902688     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00155-07     Document Type: Article

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