Systematic global analysis of genes encoding protein phosphatases in Aspergillus fumigatus

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1525-1539

  Winkelströter, Lizziane K ^a   Dolan, Stephen K ^b   dos Reis, Thaila Fernanda ^a   Bom, Vinícius Leite Pedro ^a   de Castro, Patrícia Alves ^a   Hagiwara, Daisuke ^c   Alowni, Raneem ^b   Jones, Gary W ^b   Doyle, Sean ^b   Brown, Neil Andrew ^a   Goldman, Gustavo H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Gliotoxin; HOG phosphatases; Iron metabolism; Protein phosphatases

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; GLIOTOXIN; IRON; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESSENTIAL GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, REVERSE-PHASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLIOTOXIN; MUTATION; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; SIDEROPHORES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84937559042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.016766     Document Type: Article

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