Fungal pathogenesis: A new venom.

Papon N, Naglik JR, Hube B, Goldman GH (2021) Fungal pathogenesis: A new venom. Curr Biol 31(8), R391-R394. (Review)

Abstract

The pathogenesis of life-threatening infections caused by emerging fungal pathogens remains largely unexplored. A new study provides unprecedented evidence for the pivotal role of a new ricin-like protein toxin, named mucoricin, in causing organ necrosis and mortality in Mucorales infections.

Leibniz-HKI-Autor*innen

Bernhard Hube

Identifier

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.015

PMID: 33905698