The molecular pathogenicity of fusarium keratitis: A fungal transcriptional regulator promotes hyphal penetration of the cornea

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1440-1444

  Hua, Xia ^a   Yuan, Xiaoyong ^a   Di Pietro, Antonio ^b   Wilhelmus, Kirk R ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

filamentous fungi; fungal keratitis; keratomycosis; ocular mycology

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACC GENE; PATHOGENICITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 78650510871     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d8383a     Document Type: Article

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