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Far-reaching regulators which control the growth of a pathogenic fungus

ReferenceCEL04563
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Al Brown
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of Aberdeen
DepartmentSchool of Medical Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 135,289
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 06/03/1996
End date 06/03/1999
Duration36 months

Abstract

We predict that in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans, the decision to develop a new bud or hypha is taken in the G1 phase of the cell division cycle at START, and that negative regulators of p34/cyclins (analogous to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae FAR1 gene) are critical in this process. Therefore, in this project we will isolate such negative regulators from C. albicans using a genetic screen in S. cerevisiae, and characterise them with respect to their roles in hyphal development in C. albicans.

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Committee Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Cells RoPA (CELL) [1994]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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