Cryptococcus neoformans mediator protein Ssn8 negatively regulates diverse physiological processes and is required for virulence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Lin Ing ^a   Lin, Yu Sheng ^a   Liu, Kung Hung ^a   Jong, Ambrose Y ^b   Shen, Wei Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MELANIN; PROTEIN SSN8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIN C; GALACTOSE; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CWC1 GENE; EPISTASIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATING; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SSN8 GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MATING FACTOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TIME;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIN C; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955718748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019162     Document Type: Article

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