Antigenic and phenotypic variations in fungi

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1716-1723

  Jain, Neena ^a   Fries, Bettina C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PHENOTYPE;

FUNGI;

EID: 72749125263     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01384.x     Document Type: Review

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