Galactofuranose attenuates cellular adhesion of Aspergillus fumigatus

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1612-1623

  Lamarre, Claude ^a   Beau, Rémi ^a   Balloy, Viviane ^a   Fontaine, Thierry ^a   Sak Hoi, Joanne Wong ^a   Guadagnini, Stéphanie ^a   Berkova, Nadia ^b   Chignard, Michel ^a   Beauvais, Anne ^a   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURAN; GALACTOFURAN; GALACTOFURANOSE; GALACTOSE; GLASS; MANNOSIDASE; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS MUTANT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOUSE; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYCELIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 71749102718     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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