MybA, a transcription factor involved in conidiation and conidial viability of the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 880-900

  Valsecchi, Isabel ^a   Sarikaya Bayram, Özlem ^b   Wong Sak Hoi, Joanne ^a,g   Muszkieta, Laetitia ^a   Gibbons, John ^c,h   Prevost, Marie Christine ^a   Mallet, Adeline ^a   Krijnse Locker, Jacomina ^a   Ibrahim Granet, Oumaima ^a   Mouyna, Isabelle ^a   Carr, Paul ^d   Bromley, Michael ^d   Aimanianda, Vishukumar ^a   Yu, Jae Hyuk ^e   Rokas, Antonis ^c   Braus, Gerhard H ^f   Saveanu, Cosmin ^a   Bayram, Özgür ^b,f   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^h CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MYBA; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIABILITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MATURATION; MOUSE; MYBA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SURVIVAL; UIDA GENE; VELB GENE; VOSA GENE; WETA GENE; CELL WALL; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85028764387     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13744     Document Type: Article

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