Conidial hydrophobins of Aspergillus fumigatus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1581-1588

  Paris, Sophie ^a   Debeaupuis, Jean Paul ^a   Crameri, Reto ^c   Carey, Marilyn ^d   Charlès, Franck ^b   Prévost, Marie Christine ^a   Schmitt, Christine ^a   Philippe, Bruno ^a   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b JEOL   (France)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^d GATAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FUNGI; GENES; GRANULAR MATERIALS;

CONIDIAL HYDROPHOBINS; RODLET LAYERS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

HYDROPHOBIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; FRANCE; GENETIC STRAIN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOLUBILITY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0037338214     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1581-1588.2003     Document Type: Article

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