Remodeling of global transcription patterns of Cryptococcus neoformans genes mediated by the stress-activated HOG signaling pathways

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1197-1217

  Ko, Young Joon ^a   Yu, Yeong Man ^b   Kim, Gyu Bum ^a   Lee, Gir Won ^a   Maeng, Pil Jae ^b   Kim, Sangsoo ^a   Floyd, Anna ^c   Heitman, Joseph ^c   Bahn, Yong Sun ^d  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 68549130732     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00120-09     Document Type: Article

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