Impact of protein palmitoylation on the virulence potential of Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 626-635

  Nichols, Connie B ^a   Ost, Kyla S ^a   Grogan, Dayton P ^a   Pianalto, Kaila ^a   Hasan, Shirin ^a   Alspaugh, J Andrew ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

A J MOUSE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; LIPOYLATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; LIPOYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MUTATION; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84934272563     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00010-15     Document Type: Article

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