Carnitine acetyltransferases are required for growth on non-fermentable carbon sources but not for pathogenesis in Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 500-509

  Zhou, Huaijin ^a   Lorenz, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLEIC ACID; PROTEIN CTN1; PROTEIN CTN2; PROTEIN CTN3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON; CARNITINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYPHAE; MACROPHAGES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE DELETION; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 39749093831     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/014555-0     Document Type: Article

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