Functional control of the Candida albicans cell wall by catalytic protein kinase A subunit Tpk1

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-302

  Fanning, S ^a   Xu, W ^a   Beaurepaire, C ^b   Suhan, J P ^a   Nantel, A ^b,c   Mitchell, A P ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; CELL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT; PROTEIN ALS1; PROTEIN ALS2; PROTEIN ALS4; PROTEIN CSH1; PROTEIN CSP37; PROTEIN TPK1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TPK1 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE CATALYTIC SUBUNITS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84867478325     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08193.x     Document Type: Article

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