Secondary cell wall formation in Cryptococcus neoformans as a rescue mechanism against acid-induced autolysis

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-320

  Farkaš, Vladimír ^a,b   Takeo, Kanji ^b   Maceková, Danka ^a   Ohkusu, Misako ^b   Yoshida, Soichi ^b   Sipiczki, Matthias ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autolysis; Cell wall integrity; Chitinase; Glucanase; Rescue mechanism

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CHITIN; GLUCAN; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBER; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN;

ACIDS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AUTOLYSIS; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; POLYSACCHARIDES;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 59149090328     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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