Mitochondrial Activity and Cyr1 Are Key Regulators of Ras1 Activation of C. albicans Virulence Pathways

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Grahl, Nora ^a   Demers, Elora G ^a   Lindsay, Allia K ^a,b   Harty, Colleen E ^a   Willger, Sven D ^a   Piispanen, Amy E ^a,c   Hogan, Deborah A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL METABOLISM; CYR1 GENE; DENSITOMETRY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRA2 GENE; METABOLOMICS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAS1 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HYPHAE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLOMICS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RAS PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84940747668     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005133     Document Type: Article

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