Fungal dimorphism: The switch from hyphae to yeast is a specialized morphogenetic adaptation allowing colonization of a host

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 797-811

  Boyce, Kylie J ^a   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dimorphic switching; Fungal pathogenesis; Host; Hyphae; Morphogenetic; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUM; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HOST; HOST COLONIZATION; LYSOSOME; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TALAROMYCES MARNEFFEI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST CELL; ADAPTATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; YEAST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPHAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEASTS;

EID: 84947558086     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv035     Document Type: Review

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