Morphological heterogeneity of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Relevance of the Rho-like GTPase PbCDC42

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 768-774

  Menino, João F ^a,b   Osório, Nuno S ^a,b   Sturme, Mark H J ^a,b   Barros, Diana ^a,b   Gomes Alves, Ana G ^a,b   Almeida, Agostinho J ^a,b   Ludovico, Paula ^a,b   Costa, Patricio ^a,b   Goldman, Gustavo H ^c,d   Rodrigues, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Morphology; PbCDC42; Predictor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 84866502283     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.665614     Document Type: Article

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