The intracellular siderophore ferricrocin is involved in iron storage, oxidative-stress resistance, germination, and sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1596-1603

  Eisendle, Martin ^a   Schrettl, Markus ^a   Kragl, Claudia ^a   Müller, Daniela ^a   Illmer, Paul ^b   Haas, Hubertus ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; FERRICHROME; FERRICROCIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FERRICHROME; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPHAE; IRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIDEROPHORES; UP-REGULATION;

CLEISTOTHECIA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33750334036     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00057-06     Document Type: Article

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