The Candida albicans Hwp2p can complement the lack of filamentation of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae flo11 null strain

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART 6, 2013, Pages 1160-1164

  Younes, Samer S ^a   Khalaf, Roy A ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLO11; PROTEIN HWP2; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CASSETTE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84878840288     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.067249-0     Document Type: Article

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