Molecular genetic analyses of mating pheromones reveal intervariety mating or hybridization in Cryptococcus neoformans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5225-5235

  Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^a   Fan, Jinjiang ^a   Stein, Birgit ^a   Behr, Melissa J ^a   Samsonoff, William A ^a   Wickes, Brian L ^a   Chaturvedi, Sudha ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOIDY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MATING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036719924     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5225-5235.2002     Document Type: Article

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