Selection of optimal host strain for molecular pathogenesis studies on Cryptococcus gattii

Mycopathologia

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-215

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

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Host strain; Molecular biology; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26244448668     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-0162-7     Document Type: Article

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