Lipid rafts in Cryptococcus neoformans concentrate the virulence determinants phospholipase B1 and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 488-498

  Siafakas, A Rosemary ^a   Wright, Lesley C ^a   Sorrell, Tania C ^a   Djordjevic, Julianne T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645050376     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.5.3.488-498.2006     Document Type: Article

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