Cell wall remodeling enzymes modulate fungal cell wall elasticity and osmotic stress resistance

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Ene, Iuliana V ^a,g   Walker, Louise A ^a,h   Schiavone, Marion ^b,c,d   Lee, Keunsook K ^a   Martin Yken, Hélène ^b,c,d   Dague, Etienne ^e,f   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Munro, Carol A ^a   Brown, Alistair J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSA   (France)

^c UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e LAAS CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CALCINEURIN; CHITIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELASTICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; ELASTICITY; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; OSMOTIC PRESSURE;

EID: 84940886317     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00986-15     Document Type: Article

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