Deletion of EFG1 promotes Candida albicans opaque formation responding to pH via Rim101

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 735-744

  Nie, Xinyi ^a   Liu, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Huafeng ^a   Chen, Jiangye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Efg1; pH regulation; Rim101; white opaque switching

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EFG1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RIM101 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 77957306872     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmq076     Document Type: Article

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