The pathobiology of Aspergillus fumigatus

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 382-389

  Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CATALASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLIOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; HYGROMYCIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PEPTIDASE; PHLEOMYCIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; RIBONUCLEASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FUNGUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GROWTH; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MICE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035423126     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(01)02104-7     Document Type: Review

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