Identification and functional characterization of mitochondrial carrier Mrs4 in Candida albicans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 844-858

  Xu, Ning ^a   Cheng, Xinxin ^a   Yu, Qilin ^a   Zhang, Biao ^b   Ding, Xiaohui ^a   Xing, Laijun ^a   Li, Mingchun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aft2; Candida albicans; Iron metabolism; Mitochondrial function; MRS4

Indexed keywords

COBALT; IRON;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MITOCHONDRION; MRS4 GENE; NONHUMAN;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; IRON; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXIDANTS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; VASCONCELLEA CANDICANS;

EID: 84867650313     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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