Molecular and proteomic analyses highlight the importance of ubiquitination for the stress resistance, metabolic adaptation, morphogenetic regulation and virulence of Candida albicans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1574-1593

  Leach, Michelle D ^a   Stead, David A ^a   Argo, Evelyn ^a   Maccallum, Donna M ^a   Brown, Alistair J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACS1; PROTEIN ENO1; PROTEIN FBA1; PROTEIN GND1; PROTEIN GPD2; PROTEIN PDX3; PROTEIN PGK1; PROTEIN PRE1; PROTEIN PRE3; PROTEIN PST2; PROTEIN RPT5; PROTEIN SSB1; PROTEIN TKL1; PROTEIN UBI3; PROTEIN UBI4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MET3P GENE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; POLYUBIQUITIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEOMICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TEMPERATURE STRESS; UBI4 GENE; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOMICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UBIQUITINATION; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 79952455939     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07542.x     Document Type: Article

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