Distinct roles for intra- and extracellular siderophores during Aspergillus fumigatus infection

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1195-1207

  Schrettl, Markus ^a   Bignell, Elaine ^b   Kragl, Claudia ^a   Sabiha, Yasmin ^a   Loss, Omar ^b   Eisendle, Martin ^a   Wallner, Anja ^a   Arst Jr , Herbert N ^b   Haynes, Ken ^b   Haas, Hubertus ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN SIDC; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; IRON STORAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; IRON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIDEROPHORES; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34848872511     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030128     Document Type: Article

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