Transcriptional and proteomic responses to carbon starvation in Paracoccidioides.

• Main Authors: Patrícia de Sousa Lima (Author), Luciana Casaletti (Author), Alexandre Melo Bailão (Author), Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos (Author), Gabriel da Rocha Fernandes (Author), Célia Maria de Almeida Soares (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The genus Paracoccidioides comprises human thermal dimorphic fungi, which cause paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), an important mycosis in Latin America. Adaptation to environmental conditions is key to fungal survival during human host infection. The adaptability of carbon metabolism is a vi...