Cloning and functional expression of the mitochondrial alternative oxidase of Aspergillus fumigatus and its induction by oxidative stress

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Magnani, T ^a   Soriani, F M ^a   Martins, V P ^a   Nascimento, A M ^a   Tudella, V G ^a   Curti, C ^a   Uyemura, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Aspergillus fumigatus; Heterologous expression; Oxidative stress; Oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; MENADIONE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; SALICYLHYDROXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANIDES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALICYLAMIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VITAMIN K 3;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34249039870     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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