The contribution of the S-phase checkpoint genes MEC1 and SGS1 to genome stability maintenance in Candida albicans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 823-830

  Legrand, Melanie ^a,b   Chan, Christine L ^a   Jauert, Peter A ^a   Kirkpatrick, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Antifungal drug resistance; Cell cycle checkpoint; Genome stability; MEC1; SGS1

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC STABILITY; GROWTH RATE; MEC1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SGS1 GENE; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECQ HELICASES; S PHASE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79959551389     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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