Parallel β-helix proteins required for accurate capsule polysaccharide synthesis and virulence in the yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 630-640

  Liu, Oliver W ^a   Kelly, Mark J S ^b   Chow, Eric D ^a   Madhani, Hiten D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

EID: 34247871328     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00398-06     Document Type: Article

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