Role and mechanism of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C in survival and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 809-826

  Chayakulkeeree, Methee ^a,b   Sorrell, Tania C ^a   Siafakas, A Rosemary ^a   Wilson, Christabel F ^a   Pantarat, Namfon ^a   Gerik, Kimberly J ^c   Boadle, Ross ^a   Djordjevic, Julianne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE B1; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C1; PHOSPHOLIPASE C2; VORICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ESTRENES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYRROLIDINONES; VIRULENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MUS;

EID: 47749156040     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06310.x     Document Type: Article

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