Fusarium pathogenesis investigated using Galleria mellonella as a heterologous host.

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Published in Fungal Biol on October 04, 2011

Authors

Jeffrey J Coleman1, Maged Muhammed, Pia V Kasperkovitz, Jatin M Vyas, Eleftherios Mylonakis

Author Affiliations

1: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA 02114, USA. jjcoleman@partners.org

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