Characterization of an Nmr homolog that modulates gata factor-mediated nitrogen metabolite repression in cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lee, I Russel ^a   Lim, Jonathan W C ^a   Ormerod, Kate L ^a   Morrow, Carl A ^a   Fraser, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN METABOLIC REGULATION PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAT1 PROTEIN, CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84859085375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032585     Document Type: Article

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