Fungal homoserine kinase (thr1δ) mutants are attenuated in virulence and die rapidly upon threonine starvation and serum incubation

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 729-737

  Kingsbury, Joanne M ^a   McCusker, John H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENT; FLUCYTOSINE; HOMOSERINE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERUM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHELATING AGENTS; FLUCYTOSINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERUM; THREONINE; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77953490072     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00045-10     Document Type: Article

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