Alkaline stress triggers an immediate calcium fluctuation in Candida albicans mediated by Rim101p and Crz1p transcription factors

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 430-439

  Wang, Hui ^a   Liang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Biao ^b   Zheng, Wen ^a   Xing, Laijun ^a   Li, Mingchun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline pH; Calcium burst; Candida albicans; Crz1; Rim101

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CCH1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MID1 PROTEIN; PHO89 PROTEIN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRZ1P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RIM101P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YVC1 PROTEIN;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PH; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST CELL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 79960208119     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2011.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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