Virulence of an aspergillopepsin-deficient mutant of Aspergillus fumigatus and evidence for another aspartic proteinase linked to the fungal cell wall

Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-196

  Reichard, U ^a   Monod, M ^b   Odds, F ^c   Ruchel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Aspergillopepsin (E.C. 3.4.23.18); Aspergillus fumigatus; Proteinase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PEPSIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; FUNGI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79961220619     PISSN: 02681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681219780001131     Document Type: Article

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