The developmentally regulated alb1 gene of Aspergillus fumigatus: Its role in modulation of conidial morphology and virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3031-3038

  Tsai, Huei Fung ^a   Chang, Yun C ^a   Washburn, Ronald G ^b   Wheeler, Michael H ^c   Kwon Chung, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; POLYKETIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031801247     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3031-3038.1998     Document Type: Article

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