Role of oxidative stress in the extremely salt-tolerant yeast Hortaea werneckii

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 816-822

  Petrovič, Uroš ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Hortaea werneckii; Hydrogen peroxide; Mechanism of halotolerance; Oxidative stress; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENT; HORTAEA WERNECKII; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; YEAST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; EUKARYOTA; HORTAEA WERNECKII;

EID: 33745898503     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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