Afcwh41 is required for cell wall synthesis, conidiation, and polarity in Aspergillus fumigatus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-165

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a   Ouyang, Haomiao ^a   Li, Yanjie ^a   Jin, Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cell wall; Conidiation; Glucosidase I; Polarity; Septation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 56649112629     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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