Adenylyl cyclase-associated protein Aca1 regulates virulence and differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans via the cyclic AMP-protein kinase A cascade

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1476-1491

  Bahn, Yong Sun ^a   Hicks, Julie K ^a   Giles, Steven S ^a   Cox, Gary M ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MELANIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EXON; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EXONS; GENOTYPE; MELANINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 11144276482     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.6.1476-1491.2004     Document Type: Article

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