Dsc orthologs are required for hypoxia adaptation, triazole drug responses, and fungal virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1557-1567

  Willger, Sven D ^a,c   Cornish, E Jean ^a   Chung, Dawoon ^a,c   Fleming, Brittany A ^b   Lehmann, Margaret M ^a   Puttikamonkul, Srisombat ^a   Cramer, Robert A ^a,c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLYSIS; TRIAZOLES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MURINAE; MUS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 84870421349     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00252-12     Document Type: Article

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