Nitric oxide in fungi: is there NO light at the end of the tunnel?

Current Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 513-518

  Cánovas, David ^a,b   Marcos, Jose F ^c   Marcos, Ana T ^a   Strauss, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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

^c INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Development; Flavohemoglobin; Fungal pathogens; Nitrate reductase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

DETOXIFICATION; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOSIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENICITY;

FUNGI; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MYCOSES; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84958753839     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-016-0574-6     Document Type: Review

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