Thermotolerance and trehalose accumulation induced by heat shock in yeast cells of Candida albicans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-71

  Argüelles, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; heat shock; thermotolerance; trehalase; trehalose; trehalose 6 phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

TREHALASE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HEAT; KINETICS; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE;

EID: 0342547305     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00455-7     Document Type: Article

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