A Core Filamentation Response Network in Candida albicans Is Restricted to Eight Genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Martin, Ronny ^a   Albrecht Eckardt, Daniela ^b   Brunke, Sascha ^c,d   Hube, Bernhard ^c,d   Hünniger, Kerstin ^a   Kurzai, Oliver ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BIOCONTROL JENA GMBH   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; RAC1 PROTEIN;

ALS3 GENE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE FILAMENTATION RESPONSE NETWORK; CORRELATION BASED NETWORK MODELING; DCK1 GENE; DOWN REGULATION; ECE1 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MODEL; HGT2 GENE; HUMAN; HWP1 GENE; IHD1 GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; RBT1 GENE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UME6 GENE; UPREGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84875045541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058613     Document Type: Article

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