Candida albicans Tup1 is involved in farnesol-mediated inhibition of filamentous-growth induction

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 980-987

  Kebaara, Bessie W ^a   Langford, Melanie L ^a   Navarathna, Dhammika H M L P ^a,b   Dumitru, Raluca ^a,c   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^a   Atkin, Audrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EFG1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FARNESOL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HWP1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FARNESOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 46949083912     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00357-07     Document Type: Article

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