Coccidioides posadasii produces melanin in vitro and during infection

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 517-520

  Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a   Yu, Jieh Juen ^b   Hung, Chiung Yu ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Cole, Garry T ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides; Fungi; Melanin; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL ENDOSPORE; FUNGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; MELANINS; VIRULENCE;

COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; FUNGI; SPHERULES;

EID: 34247640879     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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