Sexual reproduction in Aspergillus species of medical or economical importance: why so fastidious?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 481-487

  Kwon Chung, Kyung J ^a   Sugui, Janyce A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS UDAGAWAE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FERTILITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS; TELEOMORPH; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; NEOSARTORYA UDAGAWAE;

EID: 70350337539     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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