Interaction of the pathogenic mold Aspergillus fumigatus with lung epithelial cells

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Osherov, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Innate immunity; Lung epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875826676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00346     Document Type: Review

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