Eca1, a sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, is involved in stress tolerance and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3394-3405

  Fan, Weihua ^a,c   Idnurm, Alexander ^a   Breger, Julia ^b   Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^b   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM ION; CYCLOSPORIN; PROTEIN ECA1; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ECA1 GENE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; MOTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STRESS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CELL LINE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MACROPHAGES; MOTHS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34447272054     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01977-06     Document Type: Article

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