The functions of mediator in Candida albicans support a role in shaping species-specific gene expression

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Uwamahoro, Nathalie ^a   Qu, Yue ^a   Jelicic, Branka ^a   Lo, Tricia L ^a   Beaurepaire, Cecile ^b   Bantun, Farkad ^a   Quenault, Tara ^a   Boag, Peter R ^a   Ramm, Georg ^a   Callaghan, Judy ^a   Beilharz, Traude H ^a   Nantel, André ^b   Peleg, Anton Y ^a,c   Traven, Ana ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MEDIATOR HEAD DOMAIN SUBUNIT MED20; MEDIATOR KINASE DOMAIN SUBUNIT MED13; MEDIATOR MIDDLE DOMAIN SUBUNIT MED31; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR ACE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALS1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MED31 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SRB2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SSN2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ALS ADHESIN GENE; ALS1 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL WALL INTEGRITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILAMENTATION; FLO GENE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRESSOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WORM; WORM INFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84860574379     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002613     Document Type: Article

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