Distinct signalling pathways coordinately contribute to virulence of Fusarium oxysporum on mammalian hosts

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 14-15, 2006, Pages 2825-2831

  Prados Rosales, Rafael C ^a   Serena, Carolina ^b   Delgado Jarana, Jesús ^a   Guarro, Josep ^b   Di Pietro, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adhesion; cAMP; Fibronectin; G subunit; Hydrophobicity; MAP kinase; Murine model; Protease

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GROWTH; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; MYCOSES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 33845384836     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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