Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals novel roles of the ras and cyclic AMP signaling pathways in environmental stress response and antifungal drug sensitivity in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-378

  Maeng, Shinae ^a   Ko, Young Joon ^a   Kim, Gyu Bum ^b   Jung, Kwang Woo ^a   Floyd, Anna ^c   Heitman, Joseph ^c   Bahn, Yong Sun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIOXOLANE DERIVATIVE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SULFATE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CONGO RED; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FLUDIOXONIL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHYLGLYOXAL; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RAS PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; SULFATE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGO RED; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DIOXOLES; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROXYUREA; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYRROLES; PYRUVALDEHYDE; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SULFATES; SUPEROXIDES; UP-REGULATION;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 77649317375     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00309-09     Document Type: Article

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