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Transcription profiling of wild type, dcgrA knock out and reconstituted wild type Aspergillus fumigatus to determine the contribution of CgrA to ribosome biogenesis

ABSTRACT: Study to determine the contribution of CgrA to ribosome biogenesis in Aspergillus fumigatus.

INSTRUMENT(S): Scanning hardware

ORGANISM(S): Aspergillus fumigatus

SUBMITTER: H. Stanley Kim

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1324 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Impaired ribosome biogenesis disrupts the integration between morphogenesis and nuclear duplication during the germination of Aspergillus fumigatus.

Bhabhra Ruchi R Richie Daryl L DL Kim H Stanley HS Nierman William C WC Fortwendel Jarrod J Aris John P JP Rhodes Judith C JC Askew David S DS

Eukaryotic cell 20080222 4

Aspergillus fumigatus is an important opportunistic fungal pathogen that is responsible for high mortality rates in the immunosuppressed population. CgrA, the A. fumigatus ortholog of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae nucleolar protein involved in ribosome biogenesis, contributes to the virulence of this fungus by supporting rapid growth at 37 degrees C. To determine how CgrA affects ribosome biogenesis in A. fumigatus, polysome profile and ribosomal subunit analyses were performed on both wild-type A. ...[more]

PMID: 18296619

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Transcription profiling of wild type, dcgrA knock out and reconstituted wild type Aspergillus fumigatus to determine the contribution of CgrA to ribosome biogenesis

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Impaired ribosome biogenesis disrupts the integration between morphogenesis and nuclear duplication during the germination of Aspergillus fumigatus.

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