Fungus produces a toxic surprise

Aaron P. Mitchell ()
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Aaron P. Mitchell: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

Nature, 2016, vol. 532, issue 7597, 41-42

Abstract: A protein fragment released by filaments of the fungus Candida albicans destroys host cells. This is the first demonstration that human fungal pathogens other than moulds can release toxic peptides. See Article p.64

Date: 2016
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