Transcriptome of Pneumocystis carinii during fulminate infection: Carbohydrate metabolism and the concept ofa compatible parasite

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Cushion, Melanie T ^a,e   Smulian, A George ^a   Slaven, Bradley E ^a   Sesterhenn, Tom ^a   Arnold, Jonathan ^b   Staben, Chuck ^c   Porollo, Aleksey ^d   Adamczak, Rafal ^d   Meller, Jarek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Genetics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; STEROL; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; FUNGAL RNA; GLYOXYLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY YIELD; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MATING; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RATTUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; GLYOXYLATES; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 55849149354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000423     Document Type: Article

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