Aspergillus fumigatus calcipressin CbpA is involved in hyphal growth and calcium homeostasis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-519

  Pinchai, Nadthanan ^a,b   Perfect, B Zachary ^a   Juvvadi, Praveen Rao ^a   Fortwendel, Jarrod R ^a   Cramer Jr , Robert A ^c   Asfaw, Yohannes G ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a   Perfect, John R ^a   Steinbach, William J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 64749114315     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00336-08     Document Type: Article

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