Genetic Control of Conventional and Pheromone-Stimulated Biofilm Formation in Candida albicans

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Ching Hsuan ^a,d   Kabrawala, Shail ^a   Fox, Emily P ^b,c   Nobile, Clarissa J ^b   Johnson, Alexander D ^b   Bennett, Richard J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 6; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1C; FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BRC1 GENE; BRG1 GENE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CPH1 GENE; EFG1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; MATING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NDT80 GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROB1 GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEC1 GENE; UPREGULATION;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84876838282     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003305     Document Type: Article

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