Fungal model systems and the elucidation of pathogenicity determinants

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-67

  Perez Nadales, Elena ^a   Almeida Nogueira, Maria Filomena ^b   Baldin, Clara ^c,d   Castanheira, Sónia ^e   El Ghalid, Mennat ^a   Grund, Elisabeth ^f   Lengeler, Klaus ^g   Marchegiani, Elisabetta ^h   Mehrotra, Pankaj Vinod ^b   Moretti, Marino ⁱ   Naik, Vikram ⁱ   Oses Ruiz, Miriam ^j   Oskarsson, Therese ^g   Schäfer, Katja ^a   Wasserstrom, Lisa ^g   Brakhage, Axel A ^c,d   Gow, Neil A R ^b   Kahmann, Regine ⁱ   Lebrun, Marc Henri ^h   Perez Martin, José ^e   Di Pietro, Antonio ^a   Talbot, Nicholas J ^j   Toquin, Valerie ^f   Walther, Andrea ^g   Wendland, Jürgen ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^f BAYER AG   (Germany)

^g CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^h INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Fungal model organism; Genomics; Human fungal pathogen; Plant fungal pathogen; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RIBOFLAVIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VORICONAZOLE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASHBYA GOSSYPII; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EREMOTHECIUM; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL MODEL SYSTEM; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION CONTROL; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LEAF DIMORPHISM; LINEAGE SPECIFIC CHROMOSOME; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEPTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO MAYDIS; YEAST TO HYPHAE TRANSITION; ZYMOSEPTORIA TRITICI; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGI; GENOME, FUNGAL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; SECONDARY METABOLISM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84904917689     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.06.011     Document Type: Review

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