Farnesol and dodecanol effects on the Candida albicans Ras1-cAMP signalling pathway and the regulation of morphogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-62

  Davis Hanna, Amber ^a   Piispanen, Amy E ^a   Stateva, Lubomira I ^b   Hogan, Deborah A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP; FARNESOL; LAURYL ALCOHOL; RAS PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTA1 GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 12 GENE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 1; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 2; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DODECANOL; FARNESOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYPHAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 36849075751     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06013.x     Document Type: Article

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