Exploration of whole-genome responses of the human AIDS-associated yeast pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans var grubii: Nitric oxide stress and body temperature

Current Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 137-148

  Chow, Eric D ^a   Liu, Oliver W ^a   O'Brien, Sean ^a   Madhani, Hiten D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annotation database; DNA microarray; Fungal pathogenesis; Genomic; Nitric oxide; Transcriptional profiling

Indexed keywords

DIOXYGENASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEMERYTHRIN; MANNITOL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DIOXYGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PENTETIC ACID NONOATE; PROTEIN FHB1; PROTEIN YTFE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL KILLING; CELL PROTECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEAT SHOCK; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 34548323886     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-007-0147-9     Document Type: Article

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