Cryptococcus neoformans with a mutation in the tetratricopeptide repeat-containing gene, CCN1, causes subcutaneous lesions but fails to cause systemic infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1988-1994

  Chung, Seyung ^a   Mondon, Philippe ^a   Chang, Yun C ^a   Kwon Chung, Kyung J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE; GENE CCN1; GENE CLF1; GENE CRN; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN INFECTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NASAL CAVITY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037378930     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.1988-1994.2003     Document Type: Article

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