Secretion of Proteases by an Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Scedosporium aurantiacum.

Scedosporium aurantiacum is an opportunistic filamentous fungus increasingly isolated from the sputum of cystic fibrosis patients, and is especially prevalent in Australia. At the moment, very little is known about the infection mechanism of this fungus. Secreted proteases have been shown to contrib...

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Main Authors: Zhiping Han, Liisa Kautto, Helena Nevalainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5218550?pdf=render