From Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Candida glabrata in a few easy steps: Important adaptations for an opportunistic pathogen

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Roetzer, Andreas ^a   Gabaldón, Toni ^b   Schüller, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fungal pathogen; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ADAPTATION; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; AUTOPHAGY; CANDIDA GLABRATA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78650166001     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02102.x     Document Type: Review

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