Cryptococcus neoformans gene expression during murine macrophage infection

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1420-1433

  Fan, Weihua ^a   Kraus, Peter R ^a,c   Boily, Marie Josee ^a,d   Heitman, Joseph ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTIOCYTIC LYMPHOMA; INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BALB 3T3 CELLS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INFECTION; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

EID: 23844483451     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.8.1420-1433.2005     Document Type: Article

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