From aging to virulence: Forging connections through the study of copper homeostasis in eukaryotic microorganisms

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-184

  Rees, Erin M ^a   Thiele, Dennis J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; AOX; IMS; Intermembrane space; PAM; Peptidylglycine amidating monooxygenase

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CISPLATIN; COPPER; COPPER PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACCASE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AGING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER METABOLISM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG UPTAKE; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

AGING; ANIMALS; COPPER; HOMEOSTASIS; NEOPLASMS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MAMMALIA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1842453678     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.02.004     Document Type: Review

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