Aspergillus fumigatus mitochondrial electron transport chain mediates oxidative stress homeostasis, hypoxia responses and fungal pathogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 383-399

  Grahl, Nora ^a   Dinamarco, Taisa Magnani ^b,c   Willger, Sven D ^a   Goldman, Gustavo H ^b   Cramer, Robert A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AOXA GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL KILLING; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCA GENE; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; HYPOXIA; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HOMEOSTASIS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MURINAE;

EID: 84859440628     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08034.x     Document Type: Article

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