Transmission of Hypervirulence Traits via Sexual Reproduction within and between Lineages of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Voelz, Kerstin ^a,b   Ma, Hansong ^a,f   Phadke, Sujal ^c   Byrnes, Edmond J ^c,g   Zhu, Pinkuan ^d   Mueller, Olaf ^c   Farrer, Rhys A ^e   Henk, Daniel A ^e,h   Lewit, Yonathan ^c,i   Hsueh, Yen Ping ^c,j   Fisher, Matthew C ^e   Idnurm, Alexander ^d   Heitman, Joseph ^c   May, Robin C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GrassRoots Biotechnology   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIPLOIDY; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; MATING; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION;

CANADA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MITOCHONDRIA; PHAGOCYTES; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84884694842     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003771     Document Type: Article

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