Sexual biofilm formation in Candida tropicalis opaque cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 383-398

  Jones, Stephen K ^a   Hirakawa, Matthew P ^a   Bennett, Richard J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; HORMONE PRECURSOR; STE2 PROTEIN; STE3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL ASSAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE;

EID: 84897962281     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12565     Document Type: Article

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