Signal transduction cascades regulating mating, filamentation, and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-362

  Wang, Ping ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HAPLOIDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033178303     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80063-0     Document Type: Review

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