Morphogenesis in Fungal Pathogenicity: Shape, Size, and Surface
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Morphogenesis in Fungal Pathogenicity: Shape, Size, and Surface
Morphological changes are required for eukaryotic pathogens to cause disease. However, it is only now becoming clear how such transitions are linked to virulence in human pathogenic fungi. Changing cell size and shape are strategies employed by many of these fungi to survive in the environment and serendipitously also within the host. Conserved signaling pathways regulate morphogenic differenti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Pathogens
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003027