Role of laccase in the biology and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Zhu, Xudong ^a   Williamson, Peter R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Fungus; Laccase; Regulation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATION; COPPER; GLUCOSE; IRON; LACCASE; NITROGEN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION KINETICS; PARALOGY; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STARVATION; STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLAVONOIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON; LACCASE; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 4644240769     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2004.04.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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