Bioluminescent fungi for real-time monitoring of fungal infections

Virulence

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-176

  D'Enfert, Christophe ^a,b   Vecchiarelli, Anna ^c   Brown, Alistair J P ^d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INRA F 75015   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Candida; Candidiasis; Gaussia princeps; Gene fusion; Host pathogen interaction; Imaging; Luciferase; Reporter

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; LUCIFERASE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURFACE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MONITORING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; GAUSSIA PRINCEPS (T. SCOTT, 1894);

EID: 77955723632     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.3.11119     Document Type: Article

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