Characterization of the Link between Ornithine, Arginine, Polyamine and Siderophore Metabolism in Aspergillus fumigatus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Beckmann, Nicola ^a   Schafferer, Lukas ^a   Schrettl, Markus ^a   Binder, Ulrike ^a   Talasz, Heribert ^a   Lindner, Herbert ^a   Haas, Hubertus ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUTAMYL PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; ARGININE; EFLORNITHINE; IRON; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE TRANSCARBAMOYL TRANSFERASE; POLYAMINE; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; STARVATION; VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; UPREGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA;

ARGININE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MITOCHONDRIA; ORNITHINE; POLYAMINES; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84879163721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067426     Document Type: Article

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