Thioredoxin reductase is essential for viability in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 487-489

  Missall, Tricia A ^a   Lodge, Jennifer K ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

CELL SURVIVAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NADPH);

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 13844316982     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.2.487-489.2005     Document Type: Article

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