Protein kinase A regulates growth, sporulation, and pigment formation in Aspergillus fumigatus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4923-4933

  Grosse, Christina ^b   Heinekamp, Thorsten ^b   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^b   Gehrke, Alexander ^b   Brakhage, Axel A ^a  

^a HKI   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; FETAL MONITORING; FOOD ADDITIVES; GENE ENCODING; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; STRAIN;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBON SOURCES; CATALYTIC SUBUNITS; CELLULAR PROCESSES; CENTRAL COMPONENT; CYCLIC AMP; DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE; IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEINS; INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; PATHOGENIC FUNGUS; PIGMENT FORMATION; PKA ACTIVITY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASE-A; PROTEOME ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS; SIGNALING CASCADES; TARGET PROTEINS; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MELANIN; PIGMENT;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CATABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; HOMINID; PATHOGEN; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; SPORULATION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; PROTEOME; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 49449086446     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00470-08     Document Type: Article

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