Surface stress induces a conserved cell wall stress response in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-264

  Heilmann, Clemens J ^a   Sorgo, Alice G ^a   Mohammadi, Sepehr ^a   Sosinsk, Grazyna J ^b   de Koster, Chris G ^a   Brul, Stanley ^a   de Koning, Leo J ^a   Klis, Frans M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DSM BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MKC1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; PHR1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SECRETION (PROCESS);

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOME; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873166777     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00278-12     Document Type: Article

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