ChIP-seq reveals a role for CrzA in the Aspergillus fumigatus high-osmolarity glycerol response (HOG) signalling pathway

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 655-674

  de Castro, Patrícia A ^a   Chen, Chenxi ^a   de Almeida, Ricardo Sérgio Couto ^a   Freitas, Fernanda Z ^b   Bertolini, Maria C ^b   Morais, Enyara Rezende ^a   Brown, Neil Andrew ^a   Ramalho, Leandra Naira Zambelli ^c   Hagiwara, Daisuke ^d   Mitchell, Thomas K ^a   Goldman, Gustavo H ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PARAQUAT; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRZA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRZA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRZA GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HIGH OSMOLARITY GLYCEROL RESPONSE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCEROL; MAMMALS; MICE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84912027465     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12785     Document Type: Article

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