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Candida albicans Tup1 is involved in farnesol-mediated inhibition of filamentous-growth induction.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Jun 2008
Kebaara Bessie W, Langford Melanie L, Navarathna Dhammika H M L P, Dumitru Raluca, Nickerson Kenneth W, Atkin Audrey L
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Candida albicans is a dimorphic fungus that can interconvert between yeast and filamentous forms. Its ability to regulate morphogenesis is strongly correlated with virulence. Tup1, a transcriptional repressor, and the signaling molecule farnesol are both capable of negatively regulating the yeast to filamentous conversion. Based on this overlap in function, we tested the hypothesis that the cellular response to...
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