Relationship of virulence factor expression to evolved virulence in mouse-passaged Cryptococcus neoformans lines

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 7047-7050

  McClelland, Erin E ^a   Perrine, Wesley T ^b   Potts, Wayne K ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; MICE; SERIAL PASSAGE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 25444435924     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.10.7047-7050.2005     Document Type: Article

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