KRE genes are required for β-1,6-glucan synthesis, maintenance of capsule architecture and cell wall protein anchoring in Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 517-534

  Gilbert, Nicole M ^a   Donlin, Maureen J ^a   Gerik, Kimberly J ^b   Specht, Charles A ^c   Djordjevic, Julianne T ^d   Wilson, Christabel F ^d   Sorrell, Tania C ^d   Lodge, Jennifer K ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,6 GLUCAN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL PHOSPHOLIPASE B1; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; MANNOPROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN KRE; PROTEIN KRE5; PROTEIN KRE6; PROTEIN SKN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,6-GLUCAN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANIMAL; ARCHITECTURE; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

ANIMALS; ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MAINTENANCE; MICE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77951185078     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07119.x     Document Type: Article

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