Insights into the cellular responses to hypoxia in filamentous fungi

Current Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 441-455

  Hillmann, Falk ^a,b   Shekhova, Elena ^a,b   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^a,b,c  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Fermentation; Hypoxia; Respiration; Stress response

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; FERMENTATION; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CELL RESPIRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANAEROBIOSIS; CELL RESPIRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84937968494     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-015-0487-9     Document Type: Article

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