Iron deprivation induces EFG1-mediated hyphal development in Candida albicans without affecting biofilm formation

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 744-755

  Hameed, Saif ^a   Prasad, Tulika ^a   Banerjee, Dibyendu ^a   Chandra, Aparna ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Chinmay K ^b   Goswami, Shyamal K ^a   Lattif, Ali Abdul ^c   Chandra, Jyotsna ^c   Mukherjee, Pranab K ^c   Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^c   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; EFG1; Hyphal development; Iron deprivation; Membrane fluidity; Morphological regulators

Indexed keywords

EFG1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; IRON; PYRROLE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IRON DEPLETION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; UPREGULATION;

BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; IRON; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 49349093436     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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