Characterization of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene knock-out mutant of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii: Role in biology and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1681-1694

  Narasipura, Srinivas D ^a   Ault, Jeffrey G ^a   Behr, Melissa J ^a   Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^a,b   Chaturvedi, Sudha ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; LACCASE; MENADIONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOPLASM; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOD1 GENE; SPOROGENESIS; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VACUOLES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VITAMIN K 3;

CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0345268706     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03393.x     Document Type: Article

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