The role of the Aspergillus fumigatus areA gene in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 553-557

  Hensel, M ^a,b   Arst Jr , H N ^a   Aufauvre Brown, A ^a   Holden, D W ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

areA; Fungal pathogenicity; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Nitrogen utilisation

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 0031818693     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050767     Document Type: Article

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