Genetic relatedness versus biological compatibility between Aspergillus fumigatus and related species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3707-3721

  Sugui, Janyce A ^a   Peterson, Stephen W ^b   Figat, Abigail ^a   Hansen, Bryan ^c   Samson, Robert A ^d   Mellado, Emilia ^e   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^e   Kwon Chung, Kyung J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Research Technologies Branch   (United States)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA TUBULIN; CALMODULIN; HYGROMYCIN; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FELIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS LENTULUS; ASPERGILLUS PARAFELIS; ASPERGILLUS PSEUDOFELIS; ASPERGILLUS PSEUDOVIRIDINUTANS; ASPERGILLUS VIRIDINUTANS; ASPERGILLUS WYOMINGENSIS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS BREEDING; DISEASE MODEL; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LEPIDOPTERA; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84907184650     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01704-14     Document Type: Article

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