The three Aspergillus fumigatus CFEM-domain GPI-anchored proteins (CfmA-C) affect cell-wall stability but do not play a role in fungal virulence

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-64

  Vaknin, Yakir ^a   Shadkchan, Yana ^a   Levdansky, Emma ^a   Morozov, Michael ^a   Romano, Jacob ^a   Osherov, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Biofilm; CFEM domain protein; Fungal cell wall; Heme uptake

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEMIN; PROTEIN CFMA C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL STABILITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CFEM DOMAIN; CFMA C GENE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HEXAPODA; MURINAE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILM; CFEM DOMAIN PROTEIN; FUNGAL CELL WALL; HEME UPTAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84892480077     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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