LaeA, a regulator of morphogenetic fungal virulence factors

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1574-1582

  Jin, Woo Bok ^a   Balajee, S A ^b   Marr, Kieren A ^b,c   Andes, David ^a   Nielsen, Kristian Fog ^d   Frisvad, Jens C ^d   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIOTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LUNG; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLIOTOXIN; HUMANS; HYPHAE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUTATION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 25144489621     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.9.1574-1582.2005     Document Type: Article

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