A Temperature-Responsive Network Links Cell Shape and Virulence Traits in a Primary Fungal Pathogen

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Beyhan, Sinem ^a   Gutierrez, Matias ^a,c,d   Voorhies, Mark ^a   Sil, Anita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BioImaging Lab Bioquimicacl SA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; REQUIRED FOR YEAST PHASE GROWTH PROTEIN 1; REQUIRED FOR YEAST PHASE GROWTH PROTEIN 2; REQUIRED FOR YEAST PHASE GROWTH PROTEIN 3; REQUIRED FOR YEAST PHASE GROWTH PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880935706     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001614     Document Type: Article

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