The Aspergillus pH-responsive transcription factor PacC regulates virulence
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Destruction of the pulmonary epithelium is a major feature of lung diseases caused by the mould pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Although it is widely postulated that tissue invasion is governed by fungal proteases, A. fumigatus mutants lacking individual or multiple enzymes remain fully invasive, suggesting a concomitant requirement for other pathogenic activities during host invasion. In this ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Microbiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0950-382X,1365-2958
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04472.x