Aspergillus fumigatus AcuM regulates both iron acquisition and gluconeogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1038-1054

  Liu, Hong ^a   Gravelat, Fabrice N ^b   Chiang, Lisa Y ^a   Chen, Dan ^c   Vanier, Ghyslaine ^b   Ejzykowicz, Daniele E ^a   Ibrahim, Ashraf S ^a,d   Nierman, William C ^c   Sheppard, Donald C ^b   Filler, Scott G ^a,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CORTISONE ACETATE; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; LARVA; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCONEOGENESIS; IRON; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICE; PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; MURINAE;

EID: 78349259749     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07389.x     Document Type: Article

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