Targeted gene disruption reveals an adhesin indispensable for pathogenicity of Blastomyces dermatitidis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1207-1216

  Brandhorst, T Tristan ^a   Wüthrich, Marcel ^a   Warner, Thomas ^a   Klein, Bruce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Dimorphic fungi; Gene targeting; Pathogenic mechanism; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRULENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GLYCOPROTEINS; LUNG; MICE; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0345005002     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.8.1207     Document Type: Article

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