Regulation of copper homeostasis by Cuf1 associates with its subcellular localization in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans H99

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 440-448

  Jiang, Nan ^a   Liu, Xiaoguang ^b   Yang, Jiao ^a   Li, Zhongming ^a   Pan, Jiao ^a   Zhu, Xudong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper homeostasis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Laccase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CUF1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHIONINE; PROTEIN ACE1; PROTEIN MAC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER HOMEOSTASIS; COPPER METABOLISM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEPLETION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALASE; CELL NUCLEUS; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79960244792     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2011.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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