Chargement en cours...

Pyomelanin Formation in Aspergillus fumigatus Requires HmgX and the Transcriptional Activator HmgR but Is Dispensable for Virulence

The opportunistic human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is able to produce the dark brown pigment pyomelanin by degradation of L-tyrosine. Pyomelanin was shown to protect the fungus against reactive oxygen intermediates as well as cell wall disturbing compounds and is therefore assumed to pr...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Keller, Sophia, Macheleidt, Juliane, Scherlach, Kirstin, Schmaler-Ripcke, Jeannette, Jacobsen, Ilse D., Heinekamp, Thorsten, Brakhage, Axel A.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2011
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203155/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046314
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026604
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!