Small but crucial: The novel small heat shock protein Hsp21 mediates stress adaptation and virulence in Candida albicans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Mayer, François L ^a   Wilson, Duncan ^a   Jacobsen, Ilse D ^a   Miramón, Pedro ^a   Slesiona, Silvia ^a   Bohovych, Iryna M ^b   Brown, Alistair J P ^b   Hube, Bernhard ^a,c,d  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEK1 PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; GLYCOGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HOG1 PROTEIN; MKC1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN HSP21; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INVASION; CELL KILLING; CELL LEVEL; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WILD TYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, SMALL; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84862015365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038584     Document Type: Article

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