The Aspergillus fumigatus transcriptional regulator AfYap1 represents the major regulator for defense against reactive oxygen intermediates but is dispensable for pathogenicity in an intranasal mouse infection model

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2290-2302

  Lessing, Franziska ^a,b   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^a,b   Wozniok, Iwona ^c   Loeffler, Juergen ^c   Kurzai, Oliver ^c   Haertl, Albert ^a   Brakhage, Axel A ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YAP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MURINAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 37549013791     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00267-07     Document Type: Article

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