Fungal aegerolysin-like proteins: distribution, activities, and applications

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 601-610

  Novak, Maruša ^a   Kraševec, Nada ^b   Skočaj, Matej ^a   Maček, Peter ^a   Anderluh, Gregor ^a,b   Sepčić, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aegerolysin; Fungal biomarkers; Fungi; Hemolysin; Heterologous expression; Lipid markers

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPIDS; MAMMALS; PROTEINS;

AEGEROLYSIN; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; HEMOLYSIN; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; LIPID MARKERS; MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEXES; SPECIES DETERMINATION;

FUNGI;

AEGEROLYSIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GENETIC MARKER; HEMOLYSIN;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM LUCKNOWENSE; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FRUITING; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY CHAIN; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HYPOCREA JECORINA; MUSHROOM; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS; AGARICALES; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

AGARICALES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC MARKERS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84925482304     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6239-9     Document Type: Review

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