Cryptococcal Titan Cell Formation Is Regulated by G-Protein Signaling in Response to Multiple Stimuli ∇

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1306-1316

  Okagaki, Laura H ^a   Wang, Yina ^b   Ballou, Elizabeth R ^c   O'Meara, Teresa R ^c   Bahn, Yong Sun ^d   Alspaugh, J Andrew ^c   Xue, Chaoyang ^b   Nielsen, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 80053441636     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05179-11     Document Type: Article

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