Mutational analysis of the Candida albicans ammonium permease Mep2p reveals residues required for ammonium transport and signaling

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-160

  Dabas, Neelam ^a   Schneider, Sabrina ^a   Morschhäuser, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 59249090398     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00229-08     Document Type: Article

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