Role of the RAM network in cell polarity and hyphal morphogenesis in Candida albicans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5456-5477

  Song, Yunkyoung ^a   Seon, Ah Cheon ^a   Kyung, Eun Lee ^a   Lee, So Yeon ^a   Lee, Byung Kyu ^b   Oh, Doo Byung ^c   Hyun, Ah Kang ^d   Kim, Jeong Yoon ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Yuhan Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SERUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 59449105152     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E08-03-0272     Document Type: Article

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