Calcineurin as a multifunctional regulator: Unraveling novel functions in fungal stress responses, hyphal growth, drug resistance, and pathogenesis

Fungal Biology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 56-69

  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; Calcineurin; Candida; Cell wall; Fungi; Septum; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; FUNGI;

EID: 84926026219     PISSN: 17494613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2014.02.004     Document Type: Review

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