The mating type-like loci of Candida glabrata

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-34

  Yáñez Carrillo, Patricia ^a   Robledo Márquez, Karina A ^a   Ramírez Zavaleta, Candy Y ^a,b   De Las Peñas, Alejandro ^a   Castaño, Irene ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Cell type identity; Mating type like loci; Subtelomeric silencing

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL TYPE IDENTITY; IDENTIDAD DEL TIPO CELULAR; LOCI SIMILARES A LOS DE APAREAMIENTO; MATING TYPE-LIKE LOCI; SILENCIAMIENTO SUBTELOMÉRICO; SUBTELOMERIC SILENCING;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; REPRODUCTION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893719547     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: 21739188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2013.09.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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