Importance of a developmentally regulated pheromone receptor of Cryptococcus neoformans for virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4953-4960

  Chang, Yun C ^a   Miller, Georgina F ^b   Kwon Chung, K J ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN CPRA; PROTEIN STE12A; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAIN CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPRA GENE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MATA PHEROMONE GENE; MATALPHA PHEROMONE GENE; MATING TYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0042825487     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.4953-4960.2003     Document Type: Article

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