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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Aspergillus fumigatus
SUBMITTER: Margherita Bertuzzi
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54810 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PLoS pathogens 20141016 10
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 study we discovered, and exploited, a novel, tissue non-invasive, phenotype in A. fumigatus mutants lac ...[more]