Candida albicans Pde1p and Gpa2p comprise a regulatory module mediating agonist-induced cAMP signalling and environmental adaptation

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 742-752

  Wilson, Duncan ^a,d   Fiori, Alessandro ^a,b,c   Brucker, Katrijn De ^b,c   Dijck, Patrick Van ^b,c   Stateva, Lubomira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Botany Institute   (Belgium)

^d HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonist induced cAMP signalling; CAMP phosphodisterases; Candida albicans; Morphogenesis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN GPA2P; PROTEIN PDE1P; PROTEIN PDE2P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 1; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77955280084     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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