Temporal anatomy of an epigenetic switch in cell programming: The white-opaque transition of C. albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-343

  Lohse, Matthew B ^a   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SWITCHING; CELL TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, SWITCH; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 78649381646     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07331.x     Document Type: Article

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