The Candida albicans pH-regulated KER1 gene encodes a lysine/glutamic-acid-rich plasma-membrane protein that is involved in cell aggregation

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2641-2651

  Galán, Amparo ^a   Casanova, Manuel ^a   Murgui, Amelia ^a   MacCallum, Donna M ^b   Odds, Frank C ^b   Gow, Neil A R ^b   Martínez, José Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONCANAVALIN A; CONGO RED; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; MANNOPROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KER1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC CODE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL CELL; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 4444364255     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26339-0     Document Type: Article

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