Developmental regulation of the glyoxylate cycle in the human pathogen Penicillium marneffei

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1725-1738

  Cánovas, David ^a   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; ISOCITRATE LYASE; PROTEIN FACB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACUD GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACETATES; BUTYRATES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLATES; HUMANS; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 33751375138     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05477.x     Document Type: Article

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