Pde1 phosphodiesterase modulates cyclic AMP levels through a protein kinase A-mediated negative feedback loop in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1971-1981

  Hicks, Julie K ^a   Bahn, Yong Sun ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MELANIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROTYPING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KINETICS; MELANINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; SEROTYPING;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 29144439796     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.12.1971-1981.2005     Document Type: Article

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