Carnitine-dependent transport of acetyl coenzyme A in Candida albicans is essential for growth on nonfermentable carbon sources and contributes to biofilm formation

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 610-618

  Strijbis, Karin ^a   Van Roermund, Carlo W T ^a   Visser, Wouter F ^a   Mol, Els C ^a   Van Den Burg, Janny ^a   MacCallum, Donna M ^b   Odds, Frank C ^b   Paramonova, Ekaterina ^c   Krom, Bastiaan P ^c   Distel, Ben ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARNITINE; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PEROXISOME; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIRULENCE;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARNITINE; CARNITINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXISOMES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 42249115250     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00017-08     Document Type: Article

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