Melanin externalization in candida albicans depends on cell wall chitin structures

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1329-1342

  Walker, Claire A ^a   Gómez, Beatriz L ^b,c   Mora Montes, Héctor M ^a,d   Mackenzie, Kevin S ^a   Munro, Carol A ^a   Brown, Alistair J P ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Kibbler, Christopher C ^b   Odds, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MELANINS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 77956813791     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00051-10     Document Type: Article

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