Ab binding alters gene expression in Cryptococcus neoformans and directly modulates fungal metabolism

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1355-1361

  McClelland, Erin E ^a   Nicola, André M ^b,c   Prados Rosales, Rafael ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^b  

^a PA Professor of Surgery Department of Clinical Sciences The Geisinger Commonwealth Medical College Scranton   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UPREGULATION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LIPID METABOLISM;

EID: 77951173734     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI38322     Document Type: Article

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