Melanin is crucial for growth of the black yeast Hortaea werneckii in its natural hypersaline environment

Fungal Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 368-379

  Kejžar, Anja ^a   Gobec, Stanislav ^a   PlemenitaŠ, Ana ^a   Lenassi, Metka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins (CIPKeBiP)   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Black yeast; Cell wall; Melanin; NaCl; Stress; Tricyclazole

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MELANIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MELANIN; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MELANINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; FUNGI; HORTAEA WERNECKII;

EID: 84878492099     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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