Functional characterization of the Aspergillus fumigatus PHO80 homologue

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1135-1146

  de Gouvêa, Paula Fagundes ^a   Soriani, Frederico Marianetti ^a   Malavazi, Iran ^a   Savoldi, Marcela ^a   Goldman, Maria Helena de Souza ^a   Loss, Omar ^b   Bignell, Elaine ^b   da Silva Ferreira, Márcia Eliana ^a   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Inorganic phosphate acquisition; PHO80; Protein kinase A

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; CYCLOSPORINE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MALE; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATES; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE;

EID: 44449113602     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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