RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing in Candida albicans: Inhibition of Hyphae Formation by Use of RNAi Technology

Mycopathologia

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Moazeni, Maryam ^a   Khoramizadeh, Mohammad Reza ^a   Kordbacheh, Parivash ^a   Sepehrizadeh, Zargham ^a   Zeraati, Hojat ^a   Noorbakhsh, Fatemeh ^c   Teimoori Toolabi, Ladan ^b   Rezaie, Sassan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; EFG1 gene; Pathogenesis; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EFG1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; HYPHAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84864281651     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-012-9539-6     Document Type: Article

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