Involvement of the Aspergillus nidulans protein kinase C with farnesol tolerance is related to the unfolded protein response

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1259-1279

  Colabardini, Ana Cristina ^a   De Castro, Patrícia Alves ^a   De Gouvêa, Paula Fagundes ^a   Savoldi, Marcela ^a   Malavazi, Iran ^b   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^a   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARNESOL; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 78649616703     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07403.x     Document Type: Article

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