Recapitulation of the sexual cycle of the primary fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii: Implications for an outbreak on Vancouver Island, Canada

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1036-1045

  Fraser, James A ^a   Subaran, Ryan L ^a   Nichols, Connie B ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS BREEDING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EPIDEMIC; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOLISTICS; CANADA; CROSSES, GENETIC; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEROTYPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0142216112     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.5.1036-1045.2003     Document Type: Article

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