The Aspergillus fumigatus transcription factor Ace2 governs pigment production, conidiation and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-169

  Ejzykowicz, Daniele E ^a   Cunha, Marcel M ^b   Rozental, Sonia ^b   Solis, Norma V ^a   Gravelat, Fabrice N ^c   Sheppard, Donald C ^c   Filler, Scott G ^a,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE ACETATE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PIGMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ACE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL GROWTH; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICE; MUTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, FUNGAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MUS;

EID: 62949119266     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06631.x     Document Type: Article

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