NikA/TcsC histidine kinase is involved in conidiation, hyphal morphology, and responses to osmotic stress and antifungal chemicals in Aspergillus fumigatus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Hagiwara, Daisuke ^a   Takahashi Nakaguchi, Azusa ^a   Toyotome, Takahito ^a   Yoshimi, Akira ^b   Abe, Keietsu ^b   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^a   Gonoi, Tohru ^a   Kawamoto, Susumu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDIOXONIL; FUNGICIDE; IPRODIONE; MICONAZOLE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PYRROLNITRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FHK5 GENE; FHK6 GENE; FOS1 GENE; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHKA GENE; PHKB GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE DELETION; GLYCEROL; HYPHAE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN KINASES; SOLVENTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84891383248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080881     Document Type: Article

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