Cell-type-specific transcriptional profiles of the dimorphic pathogen penicillium marneffei reflect distinct reproductive, morphological, and environmental demands

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1997-2014

  Pasricha, Shivani ^a   Payne, Michael ^a   Canovas, David ^a,d   Pase, Luke ^a,e   Ngaosuwankul, Nathamon ^a,b   Beard, Sally ^a,f   Oshlack, Alicia ^c,g   Smyth, Gordon K ^a,c   Chaiyaroj, Sansanee C ^b   Boyce, Kylie J ^a   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Conidiation; Dimorphic switch; Hyphae; Marneffei; Microarray; Penicillium; Talaromyces; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; RESTRICTION SITE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST CELL;

CELL WALL; CONIDIATION; DIMORPHIC SWITCH; HYPHAE; MICROARRAY; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; TALAROMYCES MARNEFFEI; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PENICILLIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84889050267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.006809     Document Type: Article

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