Identification of a cell death pathway in Candida albicans during the response to pheromone

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1690-1701

  Alby, Kevin ^a   Schaefer, Dana ^a   Sherwood, Racquel Kim ^b   Jones Jr , Stephen K ^b   Bennett, Richard J ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BAR1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FUNGAL DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HSP82 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MATING FACTOR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACROLIMUS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78149261428     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00155-10     Document Type: Article

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