The Hsp70 member, Ssa1, acts as a DNA-binding transcriptional co-activator of laccase in Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1090-1101

  Zhang, Shirong ^a   Hacham, Moshe ^a   Panepinto, John ^a   Hu, Guowu ^a   Shin, Soowan ^a   Zhu, Xudong ^a,c   Williamson, Peter R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IRON; LACCASE; PROTEIN SSA1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STARVATION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IRON; LACCASE; MICE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 33750460638     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05422.x     Document Type: Article

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