Candida albicans hyphal initiation and elongation

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 707-714

  Lu, Yang ^a   Su, Chang ^a   Liu, Haoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Hyphal elongation; Hyphal initiation; Removing Nrg1 repression

Indexed keywords

BRG1 PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; FARNESOL; HDA1 PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; NRG1 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UME6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84922732666     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.09.001     Document Type: Review

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