Entry into the stationary phase is associated with a rapid loss of viability and an apoptotic-like phenotype in the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-229

  Mousavi, S Amin A ^a   Robson, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; Death; Necrosis; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLPHENYLALANYLALANYLASPARTIC ACID FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 8; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LIPOCORTIN 5; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; EXPOSURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAINING;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0042167463     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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