HcZrt2, a zinc responsive gene, is indispensable for the survival of Histoplasma capsulatum in vivo

Medical Mycology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 865-875

  Dade, Jessica ^a   DuBois, Juwen C ^a   Pasula, Rajamouli ^a   Donnell, Anna M ^b   Caruso, Joseph A ^b   George Smulian, A ^a,c   Deepe, George S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Histoplasma capsulatum; RNAi; TPEN; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC REGULATED TRANSPORTER 2; ZINC TRANSPORTER; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HISTOPLASMOSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SURVIVAL; ZINC HOMEOSTASIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MODEL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOPLASMA; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 84994676937     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myw045     Document Type: Article

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