Sexuality and pathogenicity in Aspergillus fumigatus: Is there any relationship?;Sexualidad y patogenicidad en Aspergillus fumigatus: ¿existe alguna relación?

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Álvarez Pérez, Sergio ^a   Blanco, José Luis ^a   Alba, Patricia ^a   García, Marta E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Locus MAT; MAT locus; Pathogenicity; Patogenicidad; Reproducci n sexual; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAT1 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MATING TYPE; NEOSARTORYA; NEOSARTORYA FUMIGATA; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES INVASION; TELEOMORPH;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOSES; NEOSARTORYA; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; NEOSARTORYA;

EID: 77953687673     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2009.11.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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