The ZIP family zinc transporters support the virulence of cryptococcus neoformans

Medical Mycology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 605-615

  Do, Eunsoo ^a   Hu, Guanggan ^b   Caza, Mélissa ^b   Kronstad, Jamesw ^b   Jung, Won Hee ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Fungi; Metal; Virulence; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZINC TRANSPORTER ZIP1; ZINC TRANSPORTER ZIP2; CARRIER PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZINC-BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 84981710173     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myw013     Document Type: Article

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