The Aspergillus fumigatus septins play pleiotropic roles in septation, conidiation, and cell wall stress, but are dispensable for virulence

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-51

  Vargas Muñiz, José M ^a   Renshaw, Hilary ^a   Richards, Amber D ^a   Lamoth, Frédéric ^a,b   Soderblom, Erik J ^c   Moseley, M Arthur ^c   Juvvadi, Praveen R ^a   Steinbach, William J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cell wall; Conidiation; Septation; Septins; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; NIKKOMYCIN Z; SEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPA GENE; ASPB GENE; ASPC GENE; ASPE GENE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE; GENE DELETION; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; DISEASE MODEL; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; LEPIDOPTERA; MICE; SEPTINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84931291808     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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