The conserved and divergent roles of carbonic anhydrases in the filamentous fungi Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1372-1388

  Han, Kap Hoon ^a   Chun, Yoon Hee ^a   De Castro Pimentel Figueiredo, Bárbara ^b   Soriani, Frederico Marianetti ^b   Savoldi, Marcela ^b   Almeida, Agostinho ^c   Rodrigues, Fernando ^c   Cairns, Charlie Timothy ^d   Bignell, Elaine ^d   Tobal, Jaqueline Moisés ^b   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^e   Kim, Jong Hwan ^f   Bahn, Yong Sun ^g   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^b   Da Silva Ferreira, Márcia Eliana ^b  

^a Woosuk University   (South Korea)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^g Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CAFA GENE; CAFB GENE; CAFC GENE; CAFD GENE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MURINAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77949401270     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07058.x     Document Type: Article

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