The casein kinase i protein cck1 regulates multiple signaling pathways and is essential for cell integrity and fungal virulence in cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1455-1464

  Wang, Yina ^a,b   Liu, Tong Bao ^b   Patel, Shyam ^b   Jiang, Linghuo ^a,d   Xue, Chaoyang ^b,c  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASEIN KINASE I; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CASEIN KINASE I; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 80055111927     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05207-11     Document Type: Article

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