RAS1 regulates filamentation, mating and growth at high temperature of Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 352-365

  Alspaugh, J Andrew ^a   Cavallo, Lora M ^a   Perfect, John R ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CYCLIC AMP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RABBITS; RAS PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0034052527     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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