Histoplasma capsulatum pathogenesis: making a lifestyle switch

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-324

  Holbrook, Eric D ^a   Rappleye, Chad A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Microbial Interface Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60;

CELL SURFACE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LUNG INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; YEAST CELL;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS;

EID: 48749117456     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.05.010     Document Type: Review

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