Multiple virulence factors of Cryptococcus neoformans are dependent on VPH1

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1121-1131

  Erickson, Todd ^a   Liu, Lide ^a   Gueyikian, Ara ^a   Zhu, Xudong ^a   Gibbons, Jack ^b   Williamson, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAFILOMYCIN A1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LACCASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN VPH1; PROTON PUMP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE INSERTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRULENCE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACCASE; MACROLIDES; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMIDS; QUINACRINE; VACUOLAR PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0035166540     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02712.x     Document Type: Article

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