Comparative Transcriptomics of infectious spores from the fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum reveals a core set of transcripts that Specify infectious and pathogenic states

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 828-852

  Inglis, Diane O ^a,c   Voorhies, Mark ^a   Murray, Davina R Hocking ^a   Sil, Anita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MYCELIUM; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84878384071     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00069-13     Document Type: Article

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