Cell wall targeting of laccase of Cryptococcus neoformans during infection of mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 714-722

  Waterman, Scott R ^a   Hacham, Moshe ^a   Panepinto, John ^a   Hu, Guowu ^a   Shin, Soowan ^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

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACCASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CBA MOUSE; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CODON USAGE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CELL WALL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOPLASM; DNA, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACCASE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33846849091     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01351-06     Document Type: Article

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