Adaptation to environmental pH: Integrating the Rim101 and calcineurin signal transduction pathways

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 858-871

  Kullas, Amy L ^a   Martin, Samuel J ^a   Davis, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LITHIUM; PROTEIN CRZ1; PROTEIN CRZ2; PROTEIN RIM101; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CALCINEURIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 35748968775     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05929.x     Document Type: Article

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