Sorbic acid stress activates the Candida glabrata high osmolarity glycerol MAP kinase pathway

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Jandric, Zeljkica ^a   Gregori, Christa ^b   Klopf, Eva ^a   Radolf, Martin ^c   Schüller, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Fungal pathogen; HOG pathway; Sorbic acid; Stress response

Indexed keywords

HIGH OSMOLARITY GLYCEROL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SORBIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84890254751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00350     Document Type: Article

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