Mutation of the regulator of G protein signaling Crg1 increases virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1028-1035

  Wang, Ping ^a,b,c,d   Cutler, Jim ^a,b,c   King, Jill ^c   Palmer, Daniel ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c The Research Institute for Children at Children's Hospital New Orleans   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MELANIN; PHEROMONE; RGS PROTEIN; STE12 PROTEIN, FUNGUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHEROMONES; RGS PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 4143110145     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.4.1028-1035.2004     Document Type: Article

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