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The role of sho1 in polarized growth of Aspergillus fumigatus.
Mycopathologia - 1 Nov 2011
Yang Fang, Ma Dongmei, Wan Zhe, Liu Wei, Ji Yajuan, Li Ruoyu
Abstract excerpt
Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic pathogen that may cause severe invasive disease in immunocompromised patients. The filamentous fungi undergo polarized growth, searching for nutrients in the environment and causing invasive growth in tissue. Sho1 is a sensor of the high osmolarity glycerol pathway, and the sho1 mutant showed a decrease in growth rate. We found that sho1 is involved in the polarized...
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