Involvement of an alternative oxidase in oxidative stress and mycelium-to-yeast differentiation in paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-248

  Martins, Vicente P ^a,c   Dinamarco, Taisa M ^a   Soriani, Frederico M ^a,c   Tudella, Valéria G ^a   Oliveira, Sergio C ^c   Goldman, Gustavo H ^a,b   Curti, Carlos ^a   Uyemura, Sérgio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMYCIN A1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UPREGULATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMYCIN A; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MYCELIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UP-REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79951496080     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00194-10     Document Type: Article

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