Role of trehalose biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus development, stress response, and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3007-3018

  Al Bader, Nadia ^a   Vanier, Ghyslaine ^a   Liu, Hong ^b   Gravelat, Fabrice N ^a   Urb, Mirjam ^a   Hoareau, Christopher M Q ^a   Campoli, Paolo ^a   Chabot, Joseé ^a   Filler, Scott G ^b,c   Sheppard, Donald C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE SYNTHASE A; TREHALOSE SYNTHASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL INTERACTION; CONIDIUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GERMINATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREHALOSE;

EID: 77953919787     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00813-09     Document Type: Article

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