The APSES transcription factor Efg1 is a global regulator that controls morphogenesis and biofilm formation in Candida parapsilosis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-53

  Connolly, Leona A ^a   Riccombeni, Alessandro ^a   Grózer, Zsuzsana ^b   Holland, Linda M ^a   Lynch, Denise B ^a   Andes, David R ^c   Gácser, Attila ^b   Butler, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; PROTEIN NDT80; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EFG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HYPHAE; INSECTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84884701615     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12345     Document Type: Article

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