The F-box protein Fbp1 regulates sexual reproduction and virulence in cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 791-802

  Liu, Tong Bao ^a   Wang, Yina ^a   Stukes, Sabriya ^c   Chen, Qing ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^c   Xue, Chaoyang ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F BOX PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MACROPHAGE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEAR DIVISION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; F-BOX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MACROPHAGES; MEIOSIS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; S-PHASE KINASE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79957955956     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00004-11     Document Type: Article

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