Environmental responses and the control of iron homeostasis in fungal systems

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 939-955

  Canessa, Paulo ^a   Larrondo, Luis F ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fenton reaction; Ferritin; Ferroxidases; Iron; Light

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTIONS; CELLULAR IRONS; CELLULAR PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FENTON REACTIONS; FERRITIN; FERROXIDASES; FUNGAL SYSTEMS; GENES ENCODING; IN-SILICO; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; IRON UPTAKE; METAL HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR UNDERSTANDING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; SOPHISTICATED MECHANISM; ZYGOMYCETES;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FUNGI; GENES; LIGHT; MACHINERY; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

IRON;

CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRON; LIGHT EFFECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SILICA; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ABSIDIA; ALLOMYCES; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; AURICULARIA; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CORIOLACEAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EUROTIUM HERBARIORUM; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON STORAGE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; NEOSARTORYA; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PHANEROCHAETE; PHYCOMYCES BLAKESLEEANUS; PICHIA PASTORIS; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TALAROMYCES; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; USTILAGO MAYDIS; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE; ZYGOMYCETES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FERRITINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON;

FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 84874108576     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4615-x     Document Type: Review

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