SRE1 regulates iron-dependent and -independent pathways in the fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-25

  Hwang, Lena H ^a   Seth, Erica ^b   Gilmore, Sarah A ^a   Sil, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; IRON; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOPLASMA; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; IRON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIDEROPHORES;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84855219238     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05274-11     Document Type: Article

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