A genome-wide transcriptional analysis of morphology determination in Candida albicans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-260

  Carlisle, Patricia L ^a   Kadosh, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UME6 GENE;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84873146625     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E12-01-0065     Document Type: Article

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