The effects of dsRNA mycoviruses on growth and murine virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1071-1075

  Bhatti, Muhammad F ^a   Jamal, Atif ^a,b   Petrou, Michael A ^c   Cairns, Timothy C ^a   Bignell, Elaine M ^a   Coutts, Robert H A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; DsRNAs; Mycoviruses; Phenotype; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHRYSOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; MYCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE LOAD; PARTITIVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LUNG; MICE; RNA VIRUSES; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHRYSOVIRUS; FUNGI; MURINAE; MYCOVIRUS; PARTITIVIRUS;

EID: 80053273582     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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