Aspergillus fumigatus CalA binds to integrin α5β1 and mediates host cell invasion

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Hong ^a   Lee, Mark J ^a   Solis, Norma V ^a   Phan, Quynh T ^a   Swidergall, Marc ^a   Ralph, Benjamin ^b   Ibrahim, Ashraf S ^a,c   Sheppard, Donald C ^b   Filler, Scott G ^a,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

A-549 CELL LINE; ANIMAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

A549 CELLS; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA5BETA1; LUNG; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84995489293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.211     Document Type: Article

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