Response of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Pb01 to stressor agents and cell wall osmoregulators

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-69

  Tomazett, Patrícia Kott ^a   Castro, Nadya da Silva ^a   Lenzi, Henrique Leonel ^b   de Almeida Soares, Célia Maria ^a   Pereira, Maristela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1,3 D glucan synthase; Cell Wall Integrity; Glucanosyltransferase; Glucosamine 6 phosphate synthase; Paracoccidoides brasiliensis; Stress conditions

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; INORGANIC SALT; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHITIN; CYTOLOGY; DYE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; OSMOREGULATION; POLYMER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OSMOSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SALTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 78650844256     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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