Secreted lipases supply fatty acids for yeast growth in the absence of de novo fatty acid synthesis

Virulence

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 538-541

  Nguyen, Long Nam ^a   Gacser, Attila ^b   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Candida; Fatty acid desaturase Ole1; Fatty acid synthase Fas2; Fatty acid synthesis; Secreted lipases; Yeast growth

Indexed keywords

CERULENIN; FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

EID: 82955239963     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.2.6.18244     Document Type: Article

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