Fungal Proteases and Their Pathophysiological Effects

Mycopathologia

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 299-323

  Yike, Iwona ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; Fungi; Inflammation; Proteases; Th2 responses

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI;

EID: 79953294138     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9386-2     Document Type: Review

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