Candida albicans PHO81 is required for the inhibition of hyphal development by farnesoic acid

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 4639-4645

  Chung, Soon Chun ^a   Kim, Tae Im ^a   Ahn, Chan Hong ^a   Shin, Jongheon ^b   Oh, Ki Bong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Farnesoic acid; Hyphal development; PHO81; Signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

FARNESOIC ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PHO81; RAS PROTEIN; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; RAS PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 78249262086     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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