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Cobalt chloride, a hypoxia-mimicking agent, targets sterol synthesis in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Aug 2007
Lee Hyeseung, Bien Clara M, Hughes Adam L, Espenshade Peter J, Kwon-Chung Kyung J, Chang Yun C
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We investigated the effects of the hypoxia-mimetic CoCl2 in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans and demonstrated that CoCl2 leads to defects in several enzymatic steps in ergosterol biosynthesis. Sterol defects were amplified in cells lacking components of the Sre1p-mediated oxygen-sens...
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