Regulation of gene expression by ambient pH in filamentous fungi and yeasts

MA Peñalva, HN Arst Jr - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Life, as we know it, is water based. Exposure to hydroxonium and hydroxide ions is constant
and ubiquitous, and the evolutionary pressure to respond appropriately to these ions is likely …

Calpain chronicle—an enzyme family under multidisciplinary characterization

H Sorimachi, S Hata, Y Ono - … of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Calpain is an intracellular Ca2D-dependent cysteine protease (EC 3.4. 22.17; Clan CA,
family C02) discovered in 1964. It was also called CANP (Ca2D-activated neutral protease) …

RIM101-dependent and-independent pathways govern pH responses in Candida albicans

D Davis, RB Wilson, AP Mitchell - Molecular and cellular biology, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
Growth and differentiation of Candida albicans over a broad pH range underlie its ability to
infect an array of tissues in susceptible hosts. We identified C. albicans RIM101, RIM20, and …

Local Modulation of Host pH by Colletotrichum Species as a Mechanism to Increase Virulence

D Prusky, JL McEvoy, B Leverentz… - Molecular Plant …, 2001 - Am Phytopath Society
The phytopathogenic fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides produces one pectate lyase
(PL) that is a key virulence factor in disease development. During growth of C …

Pathogenesis of dermatophytosis: sensing the host tissue

NM Martinez-Rossi, NTA Peres, A Rossi - Mycopathologia, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The genera Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton include filamentous
fungi that cause dermatophytosis, a superficial infection of the skin, stratum corneum, nail …

Adaptation to environmental pH in Candida albicans and its relation to pathogenesis

D Davis - Current genetics, 2003 - Springer
For microorganisms that grow over a wide range of extracellular pH, systems must have
evolved to sense and respond appropriately. The human opportunistic pathogen Candida …

Recent advances in the characterization of ambient pH regulation of gene expression in filamentous fungi and yeasts

MA Peñalva, HN Arst, Jr - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract All microorganisms must adapt to the pH of their environment. One aspect of this
adaptation, particularly important for organisms that grow over a wide pH range, is the ability …

Physiology and biotechnology of Aspergillus

OP Ward, WM Qin, J Dhanjoon, J Ye, A Singh - Advances in applied …, 2005 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the physiology and biotechnology of Aspergillus
species. The genus Aspergillus is found worldwide and consists of more than 180 officially …

Transcriptional control of hyphal morphogenesis in Candida albicans

S Villa, M Hamideh, A Weinstock, MN Qasim… - FEMS yeast …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Candida albicans is a multimorphic commensal organism and opportunistic fungal pathogen
in humans. A morphological switch between unicellular budding yeast and multicellular …

pH regulation of gene expression in fungi

SH Denison - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2000 - Elsevier
Denison, SH 2000. pH regulation of gene expression in fungi. A system for the regulation of
gene expression by ambient (extracellular) pH was first identified in Aspergillus nidulans …