Role of a VPS41 homologue in starvation response, intracellular survival and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1132-1146

  Liu, Xiaoguang ^a   Hu, Guowu ^a   Panepinto, John ^a   Williamson, Peter R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN VPS41; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAMMAL CELL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STARVATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VACUOLES; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33747117005     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05299.x     Document Type: Article

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