Aspergillus cell wall and biofilm

Mycopathologia

Volumn 178, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 371-377

  Beauvais, Anne ^a   Fontaine, Thierry ^a   Aimanianda, Vishukumar ^a   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Biofilm; Cell wall; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILM; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; HYPHAE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84912098622     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: 15730832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-014-9766-0     Document Type: Article

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