Co-ordination between BrlA regulation and secretion of the oxidoreductase FmqD directs selective accumulation of fumiquinazoline C to conidial tissues in Aspergillus fumigatus

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1267-1283

  Lim, Fang Yun ^a   Ames, Brian ^b   Walsh, Christopher T ^b   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMIQUINAZOLINE C; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE FMQD; QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BRLA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUMIQUINAZOLINE A; FUMIQUINAZOLINE F; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE CLUSTER; GOLGI COMPLEX; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; QUINAZOLINES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84904967255     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12284     Document Type: Article

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