Virulence attributes and hyphal growth of C. neoformans are quantitative traits and the MATα allele enhances filamentation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1801-1814

  Lin, Xiaorong ^a   Huang, Johnny C ^a   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COPPER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MELANIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE LOCUS; HOMEOSTASIS; MATING TYPE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TEMPERATURE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HYPHAE; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 33751367691     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020187     Document Type: Article

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