Repression of N-glycosylation triggers the unfolded protein response (UPR) and overexpression of cell wall protein and chitin in aspergillus fumigatus

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1968-1979

  Li, Kai ^a   Ouyang, Haomiao ^a   Lü, Yang ^a   Liang, Jingnan ^a   Wilson, Iain B H ^b   Jin, Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHITIN; MPKA KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN AFSTT3; PROTEIN TUBE1; PTOTEIN NIIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; UPREGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CHITIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCANS; GLYCOSYLATION; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79960012593     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.047712-0     Document Type: Article

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