The GRF10 homeobox gene regulates filamentous growth in the human fungal pathogen candida albicans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Ghosh, Anup K ^a,c   Wangsanut, Tanaporn ^a   Fonzi, William A ^b   Rolfes, Ronda J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Candida albicans; Chlamydospore formation; Filamentation; GRF10; Virulence

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDOSPORE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GRF10 GENE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MICE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84949216545     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fov093     Document Type: Article

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