The fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus regulates growth, metabolism, and stress resistance in response to light

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Fuller, Kevin K ^a   Ringelberg, Carol S ^a   Loros, Jennifer J ^a   Dunlap, Jay C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FPHA PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LREA PROTEIN; METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; COLOR; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE DELETION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGHT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; LIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84880039119     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00142-13     Document Type: Article

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