Regulatory networks controlling nitrogen sensing and uptake in Candida albicans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ramachandra, Shruthi ^a   Linde, Jörg ^a   Brock, Matthias ^a,c   Guthke, Reinhard ^a   Hube, Bernhard ^a,b,c   Brunke, Sascha ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; NITROGEN; PERMEASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOPEPTIDE TRANSPORTER GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; NITROGEN; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84898663675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092734     Document Type: Article

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