Systematic functional profiling of transcription factor networks in Cryptococcus neoformans

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jung, Kwang Woo ^a   Yang, Dong Hoon ^a   Maeng, Shinae ^a   Lee, Kyung Tae ^a   So, Yee Seul ^a   Hong, Joohyeon ^a   Choi, Jaeyoung ^b   Byun, Hyo Jeong ^a   Kim, Hyelim ^a   Bang, Soohyun ^a   Song, Min Hee ^a   Lee, Jang Won ^a   Kim, Min Su ^a   Kim, Seo Young ^a   Ji, Je Hyun ^a   Park, Goun ^a   Kwon, Hyojeong ^a   Cha, Suyeon ^a   Meyers, Gena Lee ^a   Wang, Li Li ^a   Jang, Jooyoung ^a   Janbon, Guilhem ^c   Adedoyin, Gloria ^d   Kim, Taeyup ^d   Averette, Anna K ^d   Heitman, Joseph ^d   Cheong, Eunji ^a   Lee, Yong Hwan ^b   Lee, Yin Won ^b   Bahn, Yong Sun ^a   more..

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA BINDING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL DATABASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DATABASES, CHEMICAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MOTHS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84926653962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7757     Document Type: Article

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