Two CDC42 paralogues modulate Cryptococcus neoformans thermotolerance and morphogenesis under host physiological conditions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 763-780

  Ballou, Elizabeth R ^a   Nichols, Connie B ^a   Miglia, Kathleen J ^a   Kozubowski, Lukasz ^a   Alspaugh, J Andrew ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN CDC420; RAS PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOKINESIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPOLARIZATION; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; UPREGULATION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL POLARITY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOKINESIS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

EID: 75149112224     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07019.x     Document Type: Article

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