Overexpression of a metacaspase gene stimulates cell growth and stress response in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1016-1023

  Lim, Hye Won ^a   Kim, Su Jung ^a   Park, Eun Hee ^b   Lim, Chang Jin ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Hydrogen peroxide; Metacaspase; Nitric oxide; Regulation; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; RNA;

BUDDING YEAST; METACASPASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE;

YEAST;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CASPASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

CADMIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; YEAST;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAC1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CADMIUM; CASPASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROPRUSSIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 35648939193     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-067     Document Type: Article

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