Copper-mediated reversal of defective laccase in a Δvph1 avirulent mutant of Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1007-1014

  Zhu, Xudong ^a   Gibbons, Jack ^b   Zhang, Shirong ^a   Williamson, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; LACCASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL WALL; CNLAC1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE; VPH1 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOENZYMES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; LACCASE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0345270456     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03340.x     Document Type: Article

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