Motor protein Myo5p is required to maintain the regulatory circuit controlling WOR1 expression in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 626-637

  Kachurina, Nadezda ^a   Turcotte, Bernard ^a   Whiteway, Malcolm ^b,c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE;

ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENES, SWITCH; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MYOSIN TYPE I; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84860350479     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00021-12     Document Type: Article

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