Efg1 controls Caspofungin-Induced Cell aggregation of Candida albicans through the adhesin Als1

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1694-1704

  Gregori, Christa ^a   Glaser, Walter ^a   Frohner, Ingrid E ^a   Reinoso Martín, Cristina ^b   Rupp, Steffen ^a   Schüller, Christoph ^a,c   Kuchler, Karl ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALS1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ECHINOCANDIN; EFG1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MANNOSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MKC1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FLOCCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; REPORTER GENE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ECHINOCANDINS; FLOCCULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MANNOSE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82555161644     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05187-11     Document Type: Article

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