Telomeres and telomerase in Candida albicans

Mycoses

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Yu, Eun Young ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Telomerase complex; Telomere binding proteins; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

EST1 PROTEIN; EST3 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MRX PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; STN1 PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TEN1 PROTEIN; TER1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CASTELLII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84859960153     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02123.x     Document Type: Article

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