The Mkk2 MAPKK regulates cell wall biogenesis in cooperation with the CEK1-pathway in Candida albicans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Román, Elvira ^a   Alonso Monge, Rebeca ^a   Miranda, Alberto ^a   Pla, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOLYASE; CEK1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MKC1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CEK1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRH11 GENE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GSC1 GENE; MKK2 GENE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84941242714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133476     Document Type: Article

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