Cryptococcus neoformans Intracellular Proliferation and Capsule Size Determines Early Macrophage Control of Infection

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bojarczuk, Aleksandra ^a   Miller, Katie A ^a   Hotham, Richard ^a   Lewis, Amy ^a   Ogryzko, Nikolay V ^a   Kamuyango, Alfred A ^a   Frost, Helen ^b,d   Gibson, Rory H ^a   Stillman, Eleanor ^a   May, Robin C ^b,c   Renshaw, Stephen A ^a   Johnston, Simon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FISH DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FISH DISEASES; MACROPHAGES; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84958554859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21489     Document Type: Article

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