Af yap1, encoding a bZip transcriptional factor of Aspergillus fumigatus, contributes to oxidative stress response but is not essential to the virulence of this pathogen in mice immunosuppressed by cyclophosphamide and triamcinolone

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 773-782

  Qiao, Jianjun ^a   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios ^b   Calderone, Richard ^c   Li, Dongmei ^c   Ma, Yan ^a   Wan, Zhe ^a   Li, Ruoyu ^a   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afyap1; Aspergillus fumigatus; Oxidative stress; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS YEAST ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MORNING DOSAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MURINAE; MUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TRIAMCINOLONE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 56149112311     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802054215     Document Type: Article

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