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Genes differentially expressed in conidia and hyphae of Aspergillus fumigatus upon exposure to human neutrophils.
PloS one - 9 Jul 2008
Sugui Janyce A, Kim H Stanley, Zarember Kol A, Chang Yun C, Gallin John I, Nierman Willian C, Kwon-Chung Kyung J
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BACKGROUND: Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common etiologic agent of invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients. Several studies have addressed the mechanism involved in host defense but only few have investigated the pathogen's response to attack by the host cells. To our knowledge, this is the first study that investigates the genes differentially expressed in conidia vs hyphae of A. fumigatus in...
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