The Fumagillin Gene Cluster, an Example of Hundreds of Genes under veA Control in Aspergillus fumigatus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Dhingra, Sourabh ^a   Lind, Abigail L ^b   Lin, Hsiao Ching ^c   Tang, Yi ^c,d   Rokas, Antonis ^b,e   Calvo, Ana M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMAGILLIN; METHIONYL AMINOPEPTIDASE 2;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUMR GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE SYNTHESIS; LAEA GENE; NONHUMAN; UPREGULATION; VEA GENE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYCLOHEXANES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 84885051447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077147     Document Type: Article

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