Regulation of aromatic alcohol production in Candida albicans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7211-7218

  Ghosh, Suman ^a   Kebaara, Bessie W ^a   Atkin, Audrey L ^a   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; SALTS; TRANSCRIPTION;

ALBICANS; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; AMMONIUM SALTS; AROMATIC ALCOHOLS; AROMATIC AMINO ACIDS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DECARBOXYLASE; EXTRACELLULAR; FUNGAL PATHOGENS; FUSEL OILS; GENE PRODUCTS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; GROWTH MEDIUMS; OXYGEN LEVELS; PH DEPENDENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSING MOLECULES; TRYPTOPHOL; TYROSOL;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; TRYPTOPHOL; TYROSOL;

ALCOHOL; COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PH;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PH;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY-LYASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSAMINASES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 57149113557     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01614-08     Document Type: Article

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