Mutant characterization and in vivo conditional repression identify aromatic amino acid biosynthesis to be essential for Aspergillus fumigatus virulence.

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Published in Virulence on November 25, 2015

Authors

Anna Sasse1, Stefanie N Hamer1,2, Jorge Amich3, Jasmin Binder4, Sven Krappmann1,4,5

Author Affiliations

1: a Research Center for Infectious Diseases; Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg ; Würzburg , Germany.
2: b Present address: Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology ; University of Münster; Müunster , Germany.
3: c Department of Medicine II and Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research ; University Hospital Würzburg; Würzburg , Germany.
4: d Mikrobiologisches Institut - Klinische Mikrobiologie: Immunologie und Hygiene; Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ; Erlangen , Germany.
5: e Medical Immunology Campus Erlangen; Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg ; Erlangen , Germany.

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