Fungal adenylyl cyclase integrates CO2 sensing with cAMP signaling and virulence

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2021-2026

  Klengel, Torsten ^a   Liang, Wei Jun ^a   Chaloupka, James ^b   Ruoff, Claudia ^a   Schröppel, Klaus ^c,f   Naglik, Julian R ^d   Eckert, Sabine E ^a   Mogensen, Estelle Gewiss ^a   Haynes, Ken ^e   Tuite, Mick F ^a   Levin, Lonny R ^b   Buck, Jochen ^b   Mühlschlegel, Fritz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CYCLIC AMP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIC AMP; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 27844459081     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.040     Document Type: Article

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