Regulation of the hypoxic response in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1734-1746

  Synnott, John M ^a   Guida, Alessandro ^a   Mulhern Haughey, Siobhan ^a   Higgins, Desmond G ^a   Butler, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; KETOCONAZOLE; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLYCOLYSIS; KETOCONAZOLE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 78149240475     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00159-10     Document Type: Article

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