Fungal zinc homeostasis - A tug of war between the pathogen and host

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 32, 2016, Pages 3717-3729

  Walencik, Paulina K ^a   Wątły, Joanna ^a   Rowińska Zyrek, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Zinc homeostasis in fungi; Zinc storage; Zinc transmembrane transport; Zincophores

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZINCOPHORE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDIASIS; DIFFUSION; FUNGUS; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST; ZINC HOMEOSTASIS; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 84995947093     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929867323666160817163834     Document Type: Review

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