Telomeric ORFs (TLOs) in Candida spp. Encode Mediator Subunits That Regulate Distinct Virulence Traits

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Haran, John ^a   Boyle, Hannah ^a   Hokamp, Karsten ^b   Yeomans, Tim ^a   Liu, Zhongle ^c   Church, Michael ^b   Fleming, Alastair B ^b   Anderson, Matthew Z ^d,f   Berman, Judith ^d,e   Myers, Lawrence C ^c   Sullivan, Derek J ^a   Moran, Gary P ^a  

^a DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MEDIATOR COMPLEX SUBNIT 2; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CELL EXPANSION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GAL1 GENE; GAL10 GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MED3 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOD5 GENE; STARVATION; TELOMERE; TLO1 GENE; TLO2 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UME6 GENE; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84908325506     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004658     Document Type: Article

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