Fungal zinc metabolism and its connections to virulence

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Staats, Charley C ^a   Kmetzsch, Lívia ^a   Schrank, Augusto ^a   Vainstein, Marilene H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fungal virulence; Zap transcription factor; Zinc deprivation; Zinc metabolism; Zinc ZIP transporters

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CALGRANULIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZINC;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; ZINC METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ZAP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC DEPRIVATION; ZINC ZIP TRANSPORTERS;

FUNGAL VIRULENCE; ZAP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC DEPRIVATION; ZINC METABOLISM; ZINC ZIP TRANSPORTERS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MYCOSES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 84897925794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00065     Document Type: Short Survey

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