Open AccessA Fungal pH-Responsive Signaling Pathway RegulatingAspergillusAdaptation and Invasion into the Cornea
Author(s) -
Xin Hua,
Xiaoyong Yuan,
Kirk R. Wilhelmus
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.09-4348
Subject(s) - aspergillus nidulans , hypha , mutant , wild type , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cornea , virulence , ex vivo , in vitro , biochemistry , gene , neuroscience
To investigate the role of PalB and PacC, two components of a pH-responsive signal-transduction pathway of Aspergillus nidulans, during the pathogenesis of fungal infection of the cornea.