Roles of the pH signaling transcription factor PacC in Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 657-666

  Wang, Qin ^a   Szaniszlo, Paul J ^a  

^a Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conidiation; Filamentous growth; Morphogenesis; Na+ stress; pH; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PACC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; EXOPHIALA; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SALT STRESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WANGIELLA DERMATITIDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; EXOPHIALA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS;

EID: 67650635116     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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