Molecular principles of fungal pathogenesis / edited by Joseph He itman ... [et al.]. - Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2006. - xvi, 684 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fungal molecular pathogenesis : what can it do and why do we need it ? / John R. Perfect and Arturo Casadevall -- Sex, MAT, and the evolutio n of fungal virulence / James A. Fraser and Joseph Heitman -- Postgenom ic strategies for genetic analysis : insight from Saccharomyces cerevis iae and Candida albicans / Clarissa J. Nobile and Aaron P. Mitchell -- Candida albicans hypha formation and virulence / Paula Sundstrom -- The conversion from classical studies in fungal pathogenesis to the molecu lar era / Kyung J. Kwon-Chung and Brian L. Wickes -- Mating and parasex ual genetics in Candida albicans / Mathew Miller and Alexander Johnson -- The mating-type locus and mating of Candida albicans and Candida gla brata / David R. Soll -- Evolution of human pathogenic fungi : phylogen ies and species / John W. Taylor -- Establishment of cell identity in p athogenic fungi / Christina M. Hull -- Signal transduction in the inter actions of fungal pathogens and mammalian hosts / Malcolm Whiteway and Catherine Bachewich -- Function and regulation of adhesin gene families in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida albicans, and Candida glabrata / Irene Castaäno, Alejandro de las Peänas, and Brendan P. Cormack --

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Pathogenic fungi-- Molecular aspects.
Histology, Pathological.
Fungi-- pathogenicity.
Fungi-- Genetics.
Fungi-- immunology.
Genome, Fungal.
Mycoses.

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