Calcium homeostasis is required for contact-dependent helical and sinusoidal tip growth in Candida albicans hyphae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1155-1164

  Brand, Alexandra ^a   Lee, Keunsook ^a   Veses, Veronica ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN CCH1; PROTEIN MID1; PROTEIN PMR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON SOURCE; CHELATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CALCIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPHAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPISM;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 60649116525     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06592.x     Document Type: Article

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