The novel globin protein fungoglobin is involved in low oxygen adaptation of Aspergillus fumigatus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 539-553

  Hillmann, Falk ^a,b   Linde, Jörg ^a   Beckmann, Nicola ^c   Cyrulies, Michael ^a   Strassburger, Maria ^a   Heinekamp, Thorsten ^a,b   Haas, Hubertus ^c   Guthke, Reinhard ^a,b   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^a,b,d   Brakhage, Axel A ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGOGLOBIN; IRON; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLOBIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FGLA GENE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOXIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN ADAPTATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; IRON; MUTATION; OXYGEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84904995338     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12679     Document Type: Article

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