Candida albicans Tpk1p and Tpk2p isoforms differentially regulate pseudohyphal development, biofilm structure, cell aggregation and adhesins expression

Yeast

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-308

  Giacometti, Romina ^a   Kronberg, Florencia ^a   Biondi, Ricardo M ^b   Passeron, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Biofilm architecture; Candida albicans; PKA; Pseudohyphal development

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALS1P PROTEIN; ALS3P PROTEIN; BCY1 PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 2; FUNGAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 79953287835     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1839     Document Type: Article

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