Efg1-mediated recruitment of NuA4 to promoters is required for hypha-specific Swi/Snf binding and activation in Candida albicans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4260-4272

  Lu, Yang ^a   Su, Chang ^a   Mao, Xuming ^a   PalaRaniga, Prashna ^b   Liu, Haoping ^b   Chen, Jiangye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE[28,31 N METHYLNORLEUCINE]; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOSOME ACETYLTRANSFERASE OF H4; PROTEIN SWI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EFG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HYPHAE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 57349156700     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E08-02-0173     Document Type: Article

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