Pathogenic properties of fungal melanins

Mycologia

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Butler, Michael J ^a,b,c   Day, Alan W ^a,b,c   Henson, Joan M ^a,b,c   Money, Nicholas P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Fungal virulence; Invasive growth; Magnaporthe grisea; Turgor pressure; Wangiella dermatitidis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0035732804     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761599     Document Type: Review

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