An extracellular matrix glues together the aerial-grown hyphae of Aspergillus fumigatus

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1588-1600

  Beauvais, Anne ^a   Schmidt, Christine ^a   Guadagnini, Stéphanie ^a   Roux, Pascal ^a   Perret, Emmanuelle ^a   Henry, Christine ^a   Paris, Sophie ^a   Mallet, Adeline ^a   Prévost, Marie Christine ^a   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; GALACTOMANNAN; HYDROPHOBIN; ITRACONAZOLE; MELANIN; MONOSACCHARIDE; NYSTATIN; POLYENE; POLYOL; VORICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPHAE; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCELIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 34248681859     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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