Nitrogen regulation of morphogenesis and protease secretion in Candida albicans

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 390-394

  Morschhäuser, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogenicity; Gene regulation; Morphogenesis; Nitrogen regulation; Protease secretion

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEP2 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITROGEN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PERMEASE; PROTEINASE; SECRETED ASPARTIC PROTEASE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLN3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MORPHOGENESIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79956355763     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.04.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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