Different stress-induced calcium signatures are reported by aequorin-mediated calcium measurements in living cells of aspergillus fumigates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Muñoz, Alberto ^a,b   Bertuzzi, Margherita ^a,c   Bettgenhaeuser, Jan ^d   Iakobachvili, Nino ^e   Bignell, Elaine M ^a,c   Read, Nick D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; 1,2-BIS(2-AMINOPHENOXY)ETHANE-N,N,N',N'-TETRAACETIC ACID; CHELATING AGENT; EGTAZIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOMASS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEQUORIN; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946825441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138008     Document Type: Article

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