Cryptococcus neoformans mitochondrial superoxide dismutase: An essential link between antioxidant function and high-temperature growth

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-54

  Giles, Steven S ^a   Batinić Haberle, Ines ^a   Perfect, John R ^a   Cox, Gary M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

EID: 13744258600     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.1.46-54.2005     Document Type: Article

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