Fungal secondary metabolites and their fundamental roles in human mycoses

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 256-265

  Garvey, Graeme S ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Gliotoxin; LaeA; Melanin; Mycoses; Secondary metabolism; Siderophore; Velvet complex; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE MELANIN; FUMIGACLAVINE; FUMITREMORGIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLIOTOXIN; HELVOLIC ACID; HYDROPHOBIN; INDOLE ALKALOID; LAEA PROTEIN; MELANIN; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; MONOMETHYLSULOCHRIN; MYCOTOXIN; PHTHIOIC ACID; PSEUROTIN A; PYRIPYROPENE A; RESTRICTOCIN; SIDEROPHORE; TOXIN; TRYPACIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; HOST; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; METABOLITE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 79952192921     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-010-0032-8     Document Type: Review

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