Ras1 and Ras2 contribute shared and unique roles in physiology and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 191-201

  Waugh, Michael S ^a   Nichols, Connie B ^a   DeCesare, Cameron M ^a   Cox, Gary M ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a   Alspaugh, J Andrew ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Fungi; Microbial pathogenesis; Polarity; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODEL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; MATING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 0036148490     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-1-191     Document Type: Article

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