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Upstream and downstream regulation of asexual development in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Oct 2006
Mah Jae-Hyung, Yu Jae-Hyuk
Abstract excerpt
The opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus produces a large quantity of asexual spores (conidia), which are the primary agent causing invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients. We investigated the mechanisms controlling asexual sporulation (conidiation) in A. fumigatus via examining functions of four key regulators, GpaA (Galpha), AfFlbA (RGS), AfFluG, and AfBrlA, previously studied in...
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