Phenotypic switching in Cryptococcus neoformans

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1345-1352

  Fries, Bettina C ^a   Goldman, David L ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony morphology; Fungus; Microevolution; Phenotypic switching; Virulence

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; STEROL;

BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTATION; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0036851036     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(02)00006-0     Document Type: Review

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