RsmA Regulates Aspergillus fumigatus Gliotoxin Cluster Metabolites Including Cyclo(L-Phe-L-Ser), a Potential New Diagnostic Marker for Invasive Aspergillosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Sekonyela, Relebohile ^a   Palmer, Jonathan M ^a   Bok, Jin Woo ^a   Jain, Sachin ^a   Berthier, Erwin ^a   Forseth, Ry ^b   Schroeder, Frank ^b   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLIOTOXIN; MENADIONE; RSMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GLI GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MOUSE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; RSMA GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; DIPEPTIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLIOTOXIN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; UP-REGULATION; VITAMIN K 3;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MUS;

EID: 84877093976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062591     Document Type: Article

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