Amt2 permease is required to induce ammonium-responsive invasive growth and mating in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Rutherford, Julian C ^a,b   Lin, Xiaorong ^a,c   Nielsen, Kirsten ^a,d   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; METHYLAMINE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 41449094147     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00079-07     Document Type: Article

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