Receptor-mediated signaling in Aspergillus fumigatus

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Grice, C M ^a   Bertuzzi, M ^a   Bignell, E M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Signaling; Stress; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875908394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00026     Document Type: Review

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