Quorum sensing-mediated, cell density-dependent regulation of growth and virulence in cryptococcus neoformans

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Albuquerque, Patrícia ^a,b,c   Nicola, André M ^a,c   Nieves, Edward ^a   Paes, Hugo Costa ^b   Williamson, Peter R ^d,e   Silva Pereira, Ildinete ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARNESOL; GLUCURONOXYLOMANNAN; MELANIN; PANTOTHENIC ACID; TYROSOL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL CAPSULE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GROWTH REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; WILD TYPE;

CELL COUNT; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MUTATION; PANTOTHENIC ACID; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84897880833     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00986-13     Document Type: Article

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