The same receptor, G protein, and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway activate different downstream regulators in the alternative white and opaque pheromone responses of Candida albicans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 957-970

  Yi, Song ^a   Sahni, Nidhi ^a   Daniels, Karla J ^a   Pujol, Claude ^a   Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UPREGULATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, SWITCH; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 41649086736     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E07-07-0688     Document Type: Article

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