Functional characterization of the Aspergillus fumigatus calcineurin

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-230

  Ferreira, Márcia Eliana da Silva ^a   Heinekamp, Thorsten ^b   Härtl, Albert ^b   Brakhage, Axel A ^b   Semighini, Camile P ^c   Harris, Steven D ^c   Savoldi, Marcela ^a   de Gouvêa, Paula Fagundes ^a   Goldman, Maria Helena de Souza ^a   Goldman, Gustavo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Calcineurin; Phosphate assimilation

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CALCINEURIN; CALMODULIN; CORTISONE ACETATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SERUM;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCINEURIN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; FETAL BLOOD; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; PHOSPHATES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPORES, FUNGAL; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BOVINAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 33846603800     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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