Role of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Rom2 in cell wall integrity maintenance of Aspergillus fumigatus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 288-298

  Samantaray, Sweta ^a   Neubauer, Michael ^a   Helhrott, Christoph ^a   Wagener, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE INACTIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ECHINOCANDINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HYPHAE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84873196703     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00246-12     Document Type: Article

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