Phr1p, a glycosylphosphatidylinsitol-anchored β(1,3)-glucanosyltransferase critical for hyphal wall formation, localizes to the apical growth sites and septa in Candida albicans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 793-805

  Ragni, Enrico ^a   Calderon, Julia ^a   Fascio, Umberto ^a   Sipiczki, Matthias ^b   Fonzi, William A ^c   Popolo, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cell wall; Family GH72; Glucanosyltransferases; Hyphal growth; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PHR1P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; LIPID RAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYMERIZATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 79959567863     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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