Ferric reductase genes involved in high-affinity iron uptake are differentially regulated in yeast and hyphae of Candida albicans

Yeast

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 629-644

  Jeeves, Rose E ^a   Mason, Robert P ^a   Woodacre, Alexandra ^a   Cashmore, Annette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida; Ferric reductases; Hyphal growth; Iron and copper uptake; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CUPRIC REDUCTASE; ENZYME; IRON REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COPPER; FMN REDUCTASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYPHAE; IRON;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 80052275332     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1892     Document Type: Article

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