Molecular mechanisms of virulence in fungus-host interactions for Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans

Medical Mycology, Supplement

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 238-248

  Muhlschlegal, F ^a   Fonzi, W ^b   Hoyer, L ^c   Payne, T ^c   Poulet, F M ^c   Clevenger, J ^c   Latge J P ^d   Calera, J ^b   Beauvais, A ^d   Paris, S ^d   Monod, M ^e   Sturtevant, J ^b   Ghannoum, M ^f   Nozawa, Y ^g   Calderone, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^g Gift University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Candida; Enzymes; Regulation; Signals; Virulence

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOENZYMES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33747088784     PISSN: 09668454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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