Phenotypic switching and its implications for the pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 480-488

  Jain, Neena ^a   Guerrero, Abraham ^b   Fries, Bettina C ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microevolution; Phenotypic switching; Virulence

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

CELL WALL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

EID: 33646556394     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00039.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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