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Targeting zinc homeostasis to combat Aspergillus fumigatus infections

Aspergillus fumigatus is able to invade and grow in the lungs of immunosuppressed individuals and causes invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The concentration of free zinc in living tissues is much lower than that required for optimal fungal growth in vitro because most of it is tightly bound to prote...

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Autores principales: Vicentefranqueira, Rocío, Amich, Jorge, Laskaris, Paris, Ibrahim-Granet, Oumaima, Latgé, Jean P., Toledo, Héctor, Leal, Fernando, Calera, José A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4343018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25774155
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00160