A novel family of dehydrin-like proteins is involved in stress response in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1896-1906

  Hoi, Joanne Wong Sak ^a   Lamarre, Claude ^a   Beau, Rémi ^a   Meneau, Isabelle ^b   Berepiki, Adokiye ^c   Barre, Annick ^d   Mellado, Emilia ^e   Read, Nick D ^c   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DEHYDRIN LIKE PROTEIN; DEHYDRIN LIKE PROTEIN A; DEHYDRIN LIKE PROTEIN B; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED KINASE A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PACC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXISOME; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CATALASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENZYME ASSAYS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXISOMES; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 79957609271     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E10-11-0914     Document Type: Article

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