Spatiotemporal regulation of Rho1 and Cdc42 activity during Candida albicans filamentous growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 626-648

  Corvest, Vincent ^a,b,c   Bogliolo, Stéphanie ^a,b,c   Follette, Peter ^a,b,c   Arkowitz, Robert A ^a,b,c   Bassilana, Martine ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHOINOSITIDE; POLYPHOSPHOINOSITIDE BISPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO FACTOR; RHO1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL BUDDING; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGI BY OUTER APPEARANCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GERM TUBE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84881530088     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12302     Document Type: Article

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