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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-30
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The CST20 gene of Candida albicans was cloned by functional complementation of a deletion of the STE20 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. CST20 encodes a homolog of the Ste20p/p65PAK family of protein kinases. Colonies of C. albicans cells deleted for CST20 revealed defects in the lateral formation of mycelia on synthetic solid "Spider" media. However, hyphal development was not impaired in some other media. A similar phenotype was caused by deletion of HST7, encoding a functional homolog of the S. cerevisiae Ste7p protein kinase. Overexpression of HST7 partially complemented the deletion of CST20. Cells deleted for CST20 were less virulent in a mouse model for systemic candidiasis. Our results suggest that more than one signaling pathway can trigger hyphal development in C. albicans, one of which has a protein kinase cascade that is analogous to the mating response pathway in S. cerevisiae and might have become adapted to the control of mycelial formation in asexual C. albicans.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13217-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Candida albicans, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Candidiasis, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Consensus Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Genes, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Genomic Library, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:8917571-Virulence
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Signal transduction through homologs of the Ste20p and Ste7p protein kinases can trigger hyphal formation in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans.
pubmed:affiliation
Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Canada. EKKEHARD.LEBERER@NRC.CA
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't