In vivo yeast cell morphogenesis is regulated by a p21-activated kinase in the human pathogen Penicillium marneffei

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Boyce, Kylie J ^a   Schreider, Lena ^a   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

P21 ACTIVATED KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PAKB GENE; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; REMOTE SENSING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; YEAST CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PENICILLIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 73549119035     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000678     Document Type: Article

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