A human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans expresses three distinct iron permease homologs

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1644-1652

  Han, Kyunghwan ^a   Do, Eunsoo ^a   Jung, Won Hee ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C. neoformans; Fungal pathogen; Iron permease; Iron uptake

Indexed keywords

FERRIOXAMINE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; HEMIN; IRON PERMEASE CFT1; IRON PERMEASE CFT2; IRON PERMEASE CFT3; PERMEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CFT1 GENE; CFT2 GENE; CFT3 GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871112759     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1209.09019     Document Type: Article

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