Analysis of the Aspergillus fumigatus proteome reveals metabolic changes and the activation of the pseurotin A biosynthesis gene cluster in response to hypoxia

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2508-2524

  Vödisch, Martin ^a   Scherlach, Kirstin ^a   Winkler, Robert ^a   Hertweck, Christian ^a   Braun, Hans Peter ^b   Roth, Martin ^c   Haas, Hubertus ^d   Werner, Ernst R ^e   Brakhage, Axel A ^a   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Division of Molecular Biology   (Austria)

^e Division of Biological Chemistry   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; chemostat; hypoxia; mitochondria; proteome analysis; pseurotin A

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEME; IRON; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEOME; PSEUROTIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; HYPOXIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; PYRROLIDINONES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 79955799255     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr1012812     Document Type: Article

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