Transcriptional regulation by protein kinase A in Cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hu, Guanggan ^a   Steen, Barbara R ^a,b   Lian, Tianshun ^a,c   Sham, Anita P ^a   Tam, Nicola ^a   Tangen, Kristin L ^a,c   Kronstad, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Response Biomedical Corp   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; INOSITOL; LITHIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRANSCRIPTOME; CYCLIC AMP; GLYCEROL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MELANIN; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCOLYSIS; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCEROL; HEAT; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34047229668     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030042     Document Type: Article

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