Ctr2 links copper homeostasis to polysaccharide capsule formation and phagocytosis inhibition in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Chun, Cheryl D ^a   Madhani, Hiten D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COPPER; PROTEIN CTR2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MACROPHAGE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL LINE; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77958599469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012503     Document Type: Article

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