Septins enforce morphogenetic events during sexual reproduction and contribute to virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 658-675

  Kozubowski, Lukasz ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA;

EID: 75149119287     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06983.x     Document Type: Article

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