The Sur7 protein resides in punctate membrane subdomains and mediates spatial regulation of cell wall synthesis in Candida albicans

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-77

  Alvarez, Francisco J ^a,b   Douglas, Lois M ^a   Konopka, James B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cell wall synthesis; Chitin; Eisosome; Hyphae; MCC; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Septin; Sur7; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 67650576037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.7478     Document Type: Article

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