The cAMP/protein kinase A signaling pathway in pathogenic basidiomycete fungi: Connections with iron homeostasis

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 579-587

  Choi, Jaehyuk ^a   Jung, Won Hee ^b   Kronstad, James W ^c  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cAMP PKA pathway; iron homeostasis; pathogenesis; pH signaling

Indexed keywords

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; IRON;

BASIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENES, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO;

EID: 84940461178     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-015-5247-5     Document Type: Review

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