The Hog1 mitogen-activated protein kinase is essential in the oxidative stress response and chlamydospore formation in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-361

  Alonso Monge, Rebeca ^a   Navarro García, Federico ^a   Román, Elvira ^a   Negredo, Ana I ^a,b   Eisman, Blanca ^a   Nombela, César ^a   Pla, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAP1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOG1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXIDIZING AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; ORGANELLES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038735200     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.2.351-361.2003     Document Type: Article

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