Article
rodletless mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 1994
Thau N, Monod M, Crestani B, Rolland C, Tronchin G, Latgé J P, Paris S
Abstract excerpt
Conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus adhere in vitro to host proteins and cells via the outer cell wall layer. The rodA gene of A. fumigatus was cloned by homology with the rodA gene of Aspergillus nidulans, which is involved in the structure of the rodlets characteristic of the surface layer. The A....
Topics
- Adhesiveness
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- Fungal Proteins
- Genes, Fungal
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley