Transcription levels of CHS5 and CHS4 genes in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis mycelial phase, respond to alterations in external osmolarity, oxidative stress and glucose concentration

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1091-1096

  Niño Vega, Gustavo A ^a   Sorais, Françoise ^a   San Blas, Gioconda ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

CHS5; Glucose repression; Hypo osmotic stress; Myosin motor domain

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FUNGUS; GENE; OSMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; MYCELIUM; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 70350566514     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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