Role of Phospholipases in Fungal Fitness, Pathogenicity and Drug Development- Lessons from Cryptococcus neoformans
Many pathogenic microbes, including many fungi, produce phospholipases which facilitate survival of the pathogen in vivo, invasion and dissemination throughout the host, expression of virulence traits and evasion of host immune defense mechanisms. These phospholipases are either secreted or produced...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2010.00125/full |