Candida albicans Czf1 and Efg1 coordinate the response to farnesol during quorum sensing, white-opaque thermal dimorphism, and cell death

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1281-1292

  Langford, Melanie L ^a,c   Hargarten, Jessica C ^a   Patefield, Krista D ^a   Marta, Elizabeth ^a   Blankenship, Jill R ^b,d   Fanning, Saranna ^b   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^a   Atkin, Audrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CZF1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EFG1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FARNESOL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FARNESOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84883225157     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00311-12     Document Type: Article

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