Signalling pathways in the pathogenesis of Cryptococcus

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 370-380

  Kozubowski, Lukasz ^a   Lee, Soo Chan ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BECLIN 1; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALMODULIN; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE II; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLOPHILIN A; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LACCASE; MELANIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE C; RGS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MELANOGENESIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 59849124593     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01273.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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