Invasion of Cryptococcus neoformans into human brain microvascular endothelial cells requires protein kinase C-α activation

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1854-1865

  Jong, Ambrose ^a   Wu, Chun Hua ^a   Prasadarao, Nemani V ^a   Kwon Chung, Kyung J ^b   Chang, Yun C ^b   Ouyang, Yannan ^a   Shackleford, Gregory M ^a   Huang, Sheng He ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BISINDOLYLMALEIMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN D; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES INVASION;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MICROFILAMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 48749126992     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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