Pseudohyphal regulation by the transcription factor Rfg1p in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1363-1373

  Cleary, Ian A ^a   Mulabagal, Priyadarshini ^a   Reinhard, Sara M ^a   Yadev, Nishant P ^b   Murdoch, Craig ^b   Thornhill, Martin H ^b   Lazzell, Anna L ^a   Monteagudo, Carlos ^c   Thomas, Derek P ^a   Saville, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RFG1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 77956827111     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00088-10     Document Type: Article

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