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ArticleMedical mycology2017

Transcript levels of the Aspergillus fumigatus Cdc42 module, polarisome, and septin genes show little change from dormancy to polarity establishment.

Ken Oda, Elaine Bignell, S Earl Kang, Michelle Momany

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Article in Medical mycology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ken OdaFungal Biology Group and Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602.
Elaine BignellFungal Biology Group and Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602.
S Earl KangFungal Biology Group and Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602.
Michelle MomanyFungal Biology Group and Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602.
University of Georgia · USNational Research Institute of Brewing · JP

Funding

Temporal and spatial profiling of gene expression during polar growth of AspergilR21AI074846 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MOMANY, MICHELLE · 2008 to 2009
$323k
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G009619/1Medical Research Council G0501164Medical Research Council MR/M02010X/1NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI074846Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common airborne pathogen causing fatal mycoses in immunocompromised patients. During the first 8 hours of development A. fumigatus conidia break dormancy, expand isotopically, establish an axis of polarity, and begin to extend germ tubes in a polar manner. The transition from isotropic to polar growth is critical for tissue invasion and pathogenesis. In the current work, we used two-color microarrays to examine the A. fumigatus transcriptome during early development, focusing on the isotropic to polar switch. The most highly regulated transcripts in the isotropic to polar switch did not include known polarity genes. Transcripts encoding the Cdc42 module, polarisome components, and septins, known to be critical players in polarity, showed relatively steady levels during the isotropic to polar switch. Indeed, these transcripts were present in dormant conidia, and their levels changed little from dormancy through germ tube emergence. Not only did the isotropic to polar switch show little change in the expression of key polarity genes of the Cdc42 module, polarisome, and septins, it also showed the lowest overall levels of both up- and downregulation in early development.

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Gene Expression ProfilingAspergillus fumigatuscdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinMicroarray AnalysisMultienzyme ComplexesSeptinscdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinMultienzyme ComplexesSeptinspolarisomepolaritytranscriptome

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PMID27664992
PMCPMC5896875
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