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ArticleFungal genomics & biology2012

Ras-Mediated Signal Transduction and Virulence in Human Pathogenic Fungi.

Jarrod R Fortwendel

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Article in Fungal genomics & biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Candida albicans Hyphae: From Growth Initiation to Invasion.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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  11. Ras signalling in pathogenic yeasts.Microbial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2017
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  12. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jarrod R FortwendelDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama, Mobile AL, USA.
University of South Alabama · US

Funding

Control of Aspergillus fumigatus polarized growth through regulation of Ras proteK22AI089786 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI FORTWENDEL, JARROD R. · 2012 to 2013
$264k
NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI089786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Signal transduction pathways regulating growth and stress responses are areas of significant study in the effort to delineate pathogenic mechanisms of fungi. In-depth knowledge of signal transduction events deepens our understanding of how a fungal pathogen is able to sense changes in the environment and respond accordingly by modulation of gene expression and re-organization of cellular activities to optimize fitness. Members of the Ras protein family are important regulators of growth and differentiation in eukaryotic organisms, and have been the focus of numerous studies exploring fungal pathogenesis. Here, the current data regarding Ras signal transduction are reviewed for three major pathogenic fungi:

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Fungal morphogenesisFungal virulenceGTPaseRas

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PMID24855584
PMCPMC4028138
OpenAlexW2164660380

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