The "finger," a Unique multicellular morphology of Candida albicans induced by CO2 and dependent upon the ras1-cyclic AMP pathway

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1257-1267

  Daniels, Karla J ^a   Pujol, Claude ^a   Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84867162553     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00217-12     Document Type: Article

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