Calcineurin governs thermotolerance and virulence of cryptococcus gattii

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 527-539

  Chen, Ying Lien ^a,b   Lehman, Virginia N ^a,c   Lewit, Yonathan ^a   Averette, Anna F ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule; Cation homeostasis; Cyclosporin A; FK506; Fluconazole tolerance; Melanin; Pathogenicity; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUCONAZOLE; MELANIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; CAPSULE; CATION HOMEOSTASIS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE TOLERANCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LARVA; LUNG; LUNG INFECTION; MELANOGENESIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; STRESS; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

EID: 84883250066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.004242     Document Type: Article

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