Lactic acid bacteria differentially regulate filamentation in two heritable cell types of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 506-519

  Liang, Weihong ^a,b   Guan, Guobo ^a   Dai, Yu ^a   Cao, Chengjun ^a,b   Tao, Li ^a   Du, Han ^a   Nobile, Clarissa J ^c   Zhong, Jin ^a   Huang, Guanghua ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL CELL; GENETIC REGULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84982231251     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13475     Document Type: Article

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