Farnesol-induced cell death in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1544-1548

  Dinamarco, Taísa Magnani ^a   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^a   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cell death; Endoplasmic reticulum; Farnesol; Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALPHA 1,3 GLUCAN SYNTHASE; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C PEROXIDASE; FARNESOL; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 104; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PKCA PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE NIKA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); TREHALOSE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX I DEFICIENCY; CONIDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL DEATH; FARNESOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 80053364674     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0391544     Document Type: Article

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