Transcript profiling reveals rewiring of iron assimilation gene expression in Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 918-923

  Moran, Gary P ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

C. dubliniensis; Candida albicans; Iron; NRG1

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; FRP1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HIGH AFFINITY IRON PERMEASE 1; HYPHAL WALL PROTEIN 1; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PGA10 PROTEIN; RBT5 PROTEIN; SIGNALING THRESHOLD REGULATING TRANSMEMBRANE ADAPTER 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRG1; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY PROTEIN UME6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CELL WALL; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; IRON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 84868671189     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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