The link between morphotype transition and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Linqi ^a   Zhai, Bing ^a   Lin, Xiaorong ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN CFL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZNF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MORPHOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84864056939     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002765     Document Type: Article

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