AmcA-a putative mitochondrial ornithine transporter supporting fungal siderophore biosynthesis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Schafferer, Lukas ^a   Beckmann, Nicola ^a   Binder, Ulrike ^a   Brosch, Gerald ^a   Haas, Hubertus ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

AmcA; Aspergillus fumigatus; Iron; Mitochondria; Ornithine; Siderophores; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; EFLORNITHINE; FUSARININE C; GENOMIC DNA; IRON; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; SIDEROPHORE; TRIACETYLFUSARININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRON DEPLETION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RNA ISOLATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA;

EID: 84930939882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00252     Document Type: Article

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