Characterizing the pathogenic, genomic, and chemical traits of Aspergillus fischeri, a close relative of the major human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Mead, Matthew E ^a   Knowles, Sonja L ^b   Raja, Huzefa A ^b   Beattie, Sarah R ^c,e   Kowalski, Caitlin H ^c   Steenwyk, Jacob L ^a   Silva, Lilian P ^d   Chiaratto, Jessica ^d   Ries, Laure N A ^d   Goldman, Gustavo H ^d   Cramer, Robert A ^c   Oberlies, Nicholas H ^b   Rokas, Antonis ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Evolution of virulence; Fungal pathogenesis; LaeA; Secondary metabolism; Specialized metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTH; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOMICS; LARVA; MICE; MOTHS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85061988258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23795042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00018-19     Document Type: Article

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