Identification and characterization of Wor4, a new transcriptional regulator of white-opaque switching

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 721-729

  Lohse, Matthew B ^a,b   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BioSynesis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Transcription networks; Transcriptional circuits; Transcriptional regulation; White opaque switching

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTOPIC GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84959537411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.024885     Document Type: Article

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