Sec6-dependent sorting of fungal extracellular exosomes and laccase of Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1165-1176

  Panepinto, John ^a   Komperda, Kazimierz ^a   Frases, Susana ^b   Park, Yoon Dong ^a   Djordjevic, Julianne T ^c   Casadevall, Arturo ^b   Williamson, Peter R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACCASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EXOSOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EXOSOMES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LACCASE; MICE; MUTATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UREASE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MUS;

EID: 60649113108     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06588.x     Document Type: Article

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