title: RGD-mediated adhesion in fungal pathogens of humans, plants and insects.
abstract: Progress in the understanding of fungal adhesion has led to the identification of novel proteins recognizing the RGD tripeptide in matrix proteins and to the characterization of what appears to be an emerging subset of fungal adhesins that themselves contain an RGD sequence.
authors.affiliation: Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA. Margaret.Hostetter@yale.edu
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hostetter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005658:Fungi / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009842:Oligopeptides; C047981:arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid