Effects of zinc transporters on Cryptococcus gattii virulence

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  De Oliveira Schneider, Rafael ^a   Diehl, Camila ^a   Dos Santos, Francine Melise ^a   Piffer, Alícia Corbellini ^a   Garcia, Ane Wichine Acosta ^a   Kulmann, Marcos Iuri Roos ^a   Schrank, Augusto ^a   Kmetzsch, Lívia ^a   Vainstein, Marilene Henning ^a   Staats, Charley C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZINC; ZINC-BINDING PROTEIN;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; ZINC;

EID: 84929001341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10104     Document Type: Article

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