The Candida albicans ELMO homologue functions together with Rac1 and Dck1, upstream of the MAP Kinase Cek1, in invasive filamentous growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1572-1590

  Hope, Hannah ^a   Schmauch, Christian ^a   Arkowitz, Robert A ^a   Bassilana, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEK1 PROTEIN; DCK1 PROTEIN; ELMO PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; LMO1 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MKC1 PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CEK1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953523119     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07186.x     Document Type: Article

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