Copper-dependent transcriptional regulation by Candida albicans Mac1p

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1502-1512

  Woodacre, Alexandra ^a   Mason, Robert P ^a   Jeeves, Rose E ^a   Cashmore, Annette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CAMAC1P; CARRIER PROTEIN; CUPRIC REDUCTASE (NADH LINKED); CUPRIC REDUCTASE (NADH-LINKED);

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BINDING SITES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COPPER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 46249124363     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/013441-0     Document Type: Article

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