Identification of the Transcription Factor Znc1p, which Regulates the Yeast-to-Hypha Transition in the Dimorphic Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Martinez Vazquez, Azul ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez, Angelica ^a   Domínguez, Ángel ^b   Rachubinski, Richard ^c   Riquelme, Meritxell ^d   Cuellar Mata, Patricia ^a   Guzman, Juan Carlos Torres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZNC1P PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; ZNC1 GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; YARROWIA; YEAST;

YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YARROWIA; YEASTS;

EID: 84879466329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066790     Document Type: Article

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