The involvement of the Mid1/Cch1/Yvc1 calcium channels in Aspergillus fumigatus virulence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  De Castro, Patrícia Alves ^a   Chiaratto, Jéssica ^a   Winkelströter, Lizziane K ^a   Bom, Vinícius Leite Pedro ^a   Ramalho, Leandra Naira Zambelli ^a   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^a   Brown, Neil Andrew ^a   Goldman, Gustavo H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; EGTAZIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; PARAQUAT; POSACONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE; YVCA GFP FUSION PROTEIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CCH1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MID1 GENE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGEN LOAD; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; YVC1 GENE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NEUTROPENIA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; NEUTROPENIA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84905454771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103957     Document Type: Article

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