Iron regulation of the major virulence factors in the AIDS-associated pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2282-2295

  Won, Hee Jung ^a,b   Sham, Anita ^a,b   White, Rick ^b   Kronstad, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; LACCASE; MELANIN; PROTEIN CRYPTOCOCCUS IRON REGULATOR1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR; CALCIUM; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; IRON; LACCASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33845493893     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040410     Document Type: Article

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