The GPI-modified proteins Pga59 and Pga62 of Candida albicans are required for cell wall integrity

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2004-2020

  Moreno Ruiz, Emilia ^a   Ortu, Giuseppe ^a,b,d   de Groot, Peit W J ^c   Cottier, Fabien ^a,e   Loussert, Céline ^a   Prévost, Marie Christine ^a   de Koster, Chris ^c   Klis, Frans M ^c   Goyard, Sophie ^a   d'Enfert, Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b DISAABA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCOFLUOR WHITE; CASPOFUNGIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CONGO RED; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NIKKOMYCIN Z; PROTEIN PGA59; PROTEIN PGA62; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NIKKOMYCIN;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 67650741691     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.028902-0     Document Type: Article

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