Identification of genes involved in the phosphate metabolism in Cryptococcus neoformans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-30

  Toh e, Akio ^a   Ohkusu, Misako ^a   Li, Hao Man ^a   Shimizu, Kiminori ^a   Takahashi Nakaguchi, Azusa ^a   Gonoi, Toru ^a   Kawamoto, Susumu ^a   Kanesaki, Yu ^b   Yoshikawa, Hirofumi ^b   Nishizawa, Masafumi ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ChIP seq; CnPHO system; Cryptococcus neoformans; PHO regulatory genes; RNA seq

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENES, FUNGAL; PHOSPHATES; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84929493690     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.019     Document Type: Article

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