Heat shock protein 90 is required for conidiation and cell wall integrity in Aspergillus fumigatus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1324-1332

  Lamoth, Frédéric ^a   Juvvadi, Praveen R ^a   Fortwendel, Jarrod R ^a,b   Steinbach, William J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GELDANAMYCIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; MACROCYCLIC LACTAM; TACROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CYTOSOL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROMOTER REGION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BENZOQUINONES; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; CYTOSOL; ECHINOCANDINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYPHAE; LACTAMS, MACROCYCLIC; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TACROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84868130707     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00032-12     Document Type: Article

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