Congenic strains for genetic analysis of virulence traits in Cryptococcus gattii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2616-2625

  Zhu, Pinkuan ^a,b   Zhai, Bing ^c   Lin, Xiaorong ^c   Idnurm, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BWC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COINFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MITOCHONDRIA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84879438806     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00018-13     Document Type: Article

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