A Conserved C-Terminal Domain of the Aspergillus fumigatus Developmental Regulator MedA Is Required for Nuclear Localization, Adhesion and Virulence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Al Abdallah, Qusai ^a   Choe, Se In ^a   Campoli, Paolo ^a   Baptista, Stefanie ^a   Gravelat, Fabrice N ^a   Lee, Mark J ^a   Sheppard, Donald C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDA PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILM; C TERMINAL DOMAIN; CONIDIUM; CONIDOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILMS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MEDA;

EID: 84869804116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049959     Document Type: Article

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