In vivo yeast cell morphogenesis is regulated by a p21-activated kinase in the human pathogen Penicillium marneffei.

Pathogens have developed diverse strategies to infect their hosts and evade the host defense systems. Many pathogens reside within host phagocytic cells, thus evading much of the host immune system. For dimorphic fungal pathogens which grow in a multicellular hyphal form, a central attribute which f...

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Main Authors: Kylie J Boyce, Lena Schreider, Alex Andrianopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2777384?pdf=render