Homothallic and heterothallic mating in the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7257, 2009, Pages 890-893

  Alby, Kevin ^a   Schaefer, Dana ^a   Bennett, Richard J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR STE2; PROTEASE BAR1; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGEN; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETICS; HETEROTHALLIC MATING; HOMOTHALLIC MATING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL; WILD TYPE;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 68949128584     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08252     Document Type: Article

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