Regulated expression of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase A reveals an influence on cell size and the secretion of virulence factors in Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 700-715

  Choi, Jaehyuk ^a   Vogl, A Wayne ^b   Kronstad, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GALACTOSE; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PKA1 GENE; PKR1 GENE; PLASMID; PLOIDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA EXTRACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FUNGAL CAPSULES; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LACCASE; MELANINS; MICE; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLOIDIES; POLYSACCHARIDES; UREASE; VACUOLES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MUS;

EID: 84864820142     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08134.x     Document Type: Article

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