Cryptococcus neoformans CAP59 (or Cap59p) is involved in the extracellular trafficking of capsular glucuronoxylomannan

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 385-392

  García Rivera, Javier ^a   Chang, Yun C ^b   Kwon Chung, K J ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAP59 PROTEIN, CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CARBON; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCURONOXYLOMANNAN; INK; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 11144291814     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.2.385-392.2004     Document Type: Article

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