A study of the DNA damage checkpoint in Candida albicans: Uncoupling of the functions of Rad53 in DNA repair, cell cycle regulation and genotoxic stress-induced polarized growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 452-471

  Loll Krippleber, Raphaël ^a,b,c   d'Enfert, Christophe ^a,b   Feri, Adeline ^a,b,c   Diogo, Dorothée ^a,b,c,d   Perin, Aurélie ^a,b,e   Marcet Houben, Marina ^a,b,f,g   Bougnoux, Marie Elisabeth ^a,b   Legrand, Mélanie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INRA USC 2019   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^f CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN DUN1P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DUN1 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTOXIC STRESS; GENOTOXICITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; MITOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RAD53 GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRESS; CELL CYCLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ANEUPLOIDY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTAGENS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84907843555     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12471     Document Type: Article

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