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| Fritz A MuhlschlegelSummaryAffiliation: University of Kent Country: UK Publications
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The quorum-sensing molecules farnesol/homoserine lactone and dodecanol operate via distinct modes of action in Candida albicansRebecca A Hall
School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, United Kingdom
Eukaryot Cell 10:1034-42. 2011....
Functional characterization of the small heat shock protein Hsp12p from Candida albicansMan Shun Fu
School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 7:e42894. 2012..However, when overexpressed, CaHSP12 significantly enhanced cell-cell adhesion, germ tube formation and susceptibility to azole antifungal agents whilst desensitizing C. albicans to the quorum sensing molecule farnesol...
The bZIP transcription factor Rca1p is a central regulator of a novel CO₂ sensing pathway in yeastFabien Cottier
School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
PLoS Pathog 8:e1002485. 2012..Rca1p appears to regulate cellular metabolism in response to CO(2) availability in environments as diverse as the phagosome, yeast communities or liquid culture...
CO(2) acts as a signalling molecule in populations of the fungal pathogen Candida albicansRebecca A Hall
School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK
PLoS Pathog 6:e1001193. 2010..Our results reveal the existence of a gaseous Candida signalling pathway and its molecular mechanism and provide insights into an evolutionary conserved CO(2)-signalling system...
A multi-protein complex controls cAMP signalling and filamentation in the fungal pathogen Candida albicansRebecca A Hall
Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
Mol Microbiol 75:534-7. 2010..The formation of such a complex highlights the importance of precise regulation of Cyr1p activity in response to host environmental cues...
External pH influences the transcriptional profile of the carbonic anhydrase, CAH-4b in Caenorhabditis elegansRebecca A Hall
Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Mol Biochem Parasitol 161:140-9. 2008..Stopped-flow analysis of CAH-4b using 35 different carbonic anhydrase inhibitors identified complex benzenesulfonamide compounds as the most potent inhibitors (K(i) 35-89nM)...
Candida albicans HSP12 is co-regulated by physiological CO2 and pHChirag C Sheth
Biomedical Science Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
Fungal Genet Biol 45:1075-80. 2008..Additionally, Northern analyses and gel mobility shift assays demonstrate the co-regulation of HSP12 by environmental pH via a Rim101-dependent mechanism...
Carbonic anhydrase regulation and CO(2) sensing in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata involves a novel Rca1p orthologFabien Cottier
School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Bioorg Med Chem 21:1549-54. 2013..Although our results suggest a high level of similarity between the CO2 sensing pathways from C. glabrata, S. cerevisiae and C. albicans, they also point out significant intrinsic differences...
Sensing the environment: response of Candida albicans to the X factorFabien Cottier
Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
FEMS Microbiol Lett 295:1-9. 2009..This will underline the convergence of several environmental signals onto the mitogen-activated protein kinase and protein kinase A pathways...
Quorum sensing and fungal-bacterial interactions in Candida albicans: a communicative network regulating microbial coexistence and virulenceLuisa De Sordi
Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
FEMS Yeast Res 9:990-9. 2009..albicans. Further investigations need to concentrate on the molecular mechanisms and the genetic regulation of these phenomena in order to identify putative novel therapeutic options...
Cryptococcus neoformans senses CO2 through the carbonic anhydrase Can2 and the adenylyl cyclase Cac1Estelle Geweiss Mogensen
Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, United Kingdom
Eukaryot Cell 5:103-11. 2006..neoformans growth. Bicarbonate directly activates the C. neoformans Cac1 adenylyl cyclase required for capsule synthesis. We show that this specific activation is optimal at physiological pH...
Communication in fungiFabien Cottier
School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
Int J Microbiol 2012:351832. 2012..A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying microbial communication will promote our understanding of the "fungal communicome."..
