Essential pathway identification: From in silico analysis to potential antifungal targets in Aspergillus fumigatus

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Thykaer, Jette ^a   Andersen, Mikael R ^a   Baker, Scott E ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Aspergillus; Computational; Essential genes

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 3 DEOXY 7 PHOSPHOHEPTULONATE SYNTHASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHRANILATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE KINASE; CHORISMATE MUTASE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTIDINOL DEHYDROGENASE; HISTIDINOL PHOSPHATASE; HOMOSERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE; KETOL ACID REDUCTOISOMERASE; MANNITOL; MANNITOL 1 PHOSPHATE 5 DEHYDROGENASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLENE FATTY ACYL PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHASE; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOMEVALONATE KINASE; PHOSPHORIBOSYL AMINOIMIDAZOLE CARBOXYLASE; PREPHENATE DEHYDRATASE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; STEROL; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESSENTIAL GENE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; STEROL METABOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651115984     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802455305     Document Type: Article

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