The role of Candida albicans FAR1 in regulation of pheromone-mediated mating, gene expression and cell cycle arrest

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 392-404

  Côte, Pierre ^a   Whiteway, Malcolm ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN FAR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PHEROMONES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 41049116391     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06158.x     Document Type: Article

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