Distinct roles of two ceramide synthases, CaLag1p and CaLac1p, in the morphogenesis of Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 728-745

  Cheon, Seon Ah ^a,b   Bal, Jyotiranjan ^a   Song, Yunkyoung ^a,d   Hwang, Hai Min ^a   Kim, Ah Ruem ^a   Kang, Woo Kyu ^a   Kang, Hyun Ah ^b   Hannibal Bach, Hans K ^c   Knudsen, Jens ^c   Ejsing, Christer S ^c   Kim, Jeong Yoon ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; LAC1P PROTEIN; LAG1P PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECE1 GENE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; HWP1 GENE; LAG1 GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CERAMIDES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HYPHAE; SPHINGOSINE N-ACYLTRANSFERASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84862821839     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07961.x     Document Type: Article

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