GliA in Aspergillus fumigatus is required for its tolerance to gliotoxin and affects the amount of extracellular and intracellular gliotoxin

Medical Mycology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 504-516

  Wang, Dan Ni ^a   Toyotome, Takahito ^a,b   Muraosa, Yasunori ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^a,c   Wuren, Tuya ^a   Bunsupa, Somnuk ^a   Aoyagi, Kaori ^a   Yamazaki, Mami ^a   Takino, Masahiko ^d   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^a,c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d YOKOGAWA ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; GliA; gliotoxin; major facilitator superfamily transporter

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLIA PROTEIN; GLIOTOXIN; GLIT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84925225955     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myu007     Document Type: Article

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