Endoplasmic reticulum localized PerA is required for cell wall integrity, azole drug resistance, and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1279-1298

  Chung, Dawoon ^a   Thammahong, Arsa ^a   Shepardson, Kelly M ^a   Blosser, Sara J ^b   Cramer, Robert A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROTEIN PERA; PYRROLE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AZOLES; CELL WALL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MICE; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84901989785     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12626     Document Type: Article

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