Substrate-Specific Gene Expression in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the Chytrid Pathogen of Amphibians

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^a   Poorten, Thomas J ^a   Joneson, Suzanne ^b,c   Settles, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Milwaukee College of General Studies Waukesha Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADHESIN GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; ARTICLE; ASP GENE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRN GENE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; M36 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; S41 GENE; SILURANA TROPICALIS; SKIN PENETRATION; SPECIES INVASION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SKIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 84869847796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049924     Document Type: Article

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