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Abstract
Research in medical mycology has traditionally been a mix of exciting biology and frustrating genetics, although the excitement has been steadily increasing as genetic obstacles have been successfully overcome. Now, a variety of fungal pathogens can be studied using molecular techniques derived from classical bacterial and yeast genetics, but with selective and strategic adaptations. Histoplasma capsulatum is the best-studied of the primary pathogens known as 'dimorphic' fungi, and tailored molecular genetic strategies are beginning to reveal a repertoire of genes and gene products intimately associated with pathogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11825714 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-842x(01)02204-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079