Characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii SOD2 reveals distinct roles of the two superoxide dismutases in fungal biology and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1782-1800

  Narasipura, Srinivas D ^a   Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^a,b   Chaturvedi, Sudha ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GENE PRODUCT; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; OXYGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SOD1; GENE SOD2; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMYCIN A; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 15944368964     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04503.x     Document Type: Article

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