Identification and characterization of an Aspergillus fumigatus "supermater" pair

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Sugui, Janyce A ^a   Losada, Liliana ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Varga, John ^b   Ngamskulrungroj, Popchai ^a   Abu Asab, Mones ^c   Chang, Yun C ^a   O'Gorman, Céline M ^d   Wickes, Brian L ^e   Nierman, William C ^b   Dyer, Paul S ^d   Kwon Chung, Kyung J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABR2 GENE; ALB1 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIABILITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MATING SYSTEM; MATING TYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLEISTOTHECIA; MURINAE;

EID: 84855229518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00234-11     Document Type: Article

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