Regulation of sterol biosynthesis in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: Opportunities for therapeutic development

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2017, Pages

  Dhingra, Sourabh ^a   Cramer, Robert A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Aspergillus fumigatus; Ergosterol; SREBPs; Triazoles

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; ERGOSTEROL; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; IRON; PYRROLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ANGIOGENESIS ASSAY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL SIGNALING ASSAY; CYTOLYSIS ASSAY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GENE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RBDB GENE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SPPA GENE; STEROL SYNTHESIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85014514792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00092     Document Type: Review

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