Role of Aspergillus fumigatus DvrA in host cell interactions and virulence

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1432-1440

  Ejzykowicz, Daniele E ^a   Solis, Norma V ^a   Gravelat, Fabrice N ^b   Chabot, Josee ^b   Li, Xuexian ^a   Sheppard, Donald C ^b   Filler, Scott G ^a,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG; MICE; MOTHS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 77957816366     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00055-10     Document Type: Article

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