Variation in chromosome copy number influences the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans and occurs in isolates from AIDS patients

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hu, Guanggan ^a   Wang, Joyce ^a   Choi, Jaehyuk ^a   Jung, Won H ^b   Liu, Iris ^a   Litvintseva, Anastasia P ^c   Bicanic, Tihana ^d   Aurora, Rajeev ^e   Mitchell, Thomas G ^c   Perfect, John R ^c   Kronstad, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genome hybridization; Fungal pathogenesis; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISOMY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOGENESIS; MIXED INFECTION; MONOSOMY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MUS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 80054915824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-526     Document Type: Article

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