Nitrosative and oxidative stress responses in fungal pathogenicity

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-391

  Brown, Alistair JP ^a   Haynes, Ken ^b   Quinn, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HOG1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 68049143143     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.06.007     Document Type: Review

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