Evolution of a new signal transduction pathway in Candida albicans

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-13

  Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TEC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 78650728908     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2010.10.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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