title: Nutritional stress proteins in Candida albicans.
abstract: Starving cells of Candida albicans synthesize at least seven proteins that represent nutritional-stress proteins (NSP). Such NSPs are formed by both germination-competent and germination-deficient strains of C. albicans. Heat-shock proteins (HSP) are not formed by starving cells. Germination-competent cells synthesize specific sets of proteins when incubated in a starvation medium that contains the germ-tube-inducing substances N-acetyl-D-glucosamine or L-proline. Both sets of induced proteins were also synthesized by a germination-deficient strain of C. albicans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dabrowa
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Zeuthen
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000378:metabolism; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011392:Proline / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D011392:Proline; D000117:Acetylglucosamine