Coordination of hypoxia adaptation and iron homeostasis in human pathogenic fungi

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Chung, Dawoon ^a   Haas, Hubertus ^b   Cramer, Roberta ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CBC bindingfactor; Ergosterol biosynthesis; GATA factor; Heme; Hypoxia; Ironhomeostasis; Pathogenicfungi; SREBPs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875862408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00381     Document Type: Review

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