Identification and characterization of putative osmosensors, HwSho1A and HwSho1B, from the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 475-484

  Fettich, Martin ^a   Lenassi, Metka ^a   Veranič, Peter ^a   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a   Plemenitaš, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Halophiles; HOG pathway; Hortaea werneckii; Putative osmosensor; Sho1

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HORTAEA WERNECKII SHO1A PROTEIN; HORTAEA WERNECKII SHO1B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL GROWTH; FUNGAL STRAIN; HALOPHILE; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HORTAEA WERNECKII; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; YEASTS;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; HORTAEA WERNECKII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79952244426     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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