Loss of cell wall alpha(1-3) glucan affects Cryptococcus neoformans from ultrastructure to virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1385-1398

  Reese, Amy J ^a   Yoneda, Aki ^b   Breger, Julia A ^c   Beauvais, Anne ^d   Liu, Hong ^b   Griffith, Cara L ^b   Bose, Indrani ^b   Kim, Myoung Ju ^b   Skau, Colleen ^b   Yang, Sarah ^b   Sefko, Julianne A ^a   Osumi, Masako ^e   Latge, Jean Paul ^d   Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^c   Doering, Tamara L ^b  

^a CEDAR CREST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCAN; GLUCAN 1,3 ALPHA; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33846997921     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05551.x     Document Type: Article

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