Characterization of a 5-azacytidine-induced developmental Aspergillus fumigatus variant

Virulence

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-173

  Ben Ami, Ronen ^a   Varga, John ^b   Lewis, Russell E ^c   May, Gregory S ^a   Nierman, William C ^b,d   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Azacytidine; Development; G protein; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPERGILLOPEPSIN F; AZACITIDINE; CASPOFUNGIN; ELASTASE; NIKKOMYCIN Z; OPSIN; PEPSIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 77955764848     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.3.11750     Document Type: Article

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