Calcineurin-Mediated Regulation of Hyphal Growth, Septation, and Virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus

Mycopathologia

Volumn 178, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 341-348

  Juvvadi, Praveen R ^a   Lamoth, Frédéric ^a,b   Steinbach, William J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Calcineurin; Hyphal growth; Septum; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

CALCINEURIN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCINEURIN; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84912134599     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: 15730832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-014-9794-9     Document Type: Article

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