Wsp1, a GBD/CRIB domain-containing WASP homolog, is required for growth, morphogenesis, and virulence of cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 521-529

  Shen, Gui ^a   Whittington, Amy ^a   Wang, Ping ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHITIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHITIN; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79955374443     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00274-10     Document Type: Article

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