Candida albicans AGE3, the ortholog of the S. cerevisiae ARF-GAP-encoding gene GCS1, is required for hyphal growth and drug resistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Lettner, Thomas ^a   Zeidler, Ute ^b   Gimona, Mario ^a   Hauser, Michael ^a   Breitenbach, Michael ^a   Bito, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR; AGE3 PROTEIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CDR1P PROTEIN; CDR2P PROTEIN; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GCS1 PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GCS1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GLUCAN ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIPID RAFT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOSKELETON; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 77957756766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011993     Document Type: Article

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