Sexual reproduction in the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus terreus

Mycologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-79

  Arabatzis, Michael ^a   Velegraki, Aristea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspergillus terreus; Heterothallism; Sexual reproduction; Teleomorph

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PATHOGEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84872861458     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/11-426     Document Type: Article

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