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Inositol Metabolism Regulates Capsule Structure and Virulence in the Human Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

The environmental yeast Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of deadly fungal meningitis in primarily immunocompromised populations. A number of factors contribute to cryptococcal pathogenesis. Among them, inositol utilization has been shown to promote C. neoformans development in nature...

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Autores principales: Wang, Yina, Wear, Maggie, Kohli, Gurkirat, Vij, Raghav, Giamberardino, Charles, Shah, Arpun, Toffaletti, Dena L., Yu, Chen-Hsin A., Perfect, John R., Casadevall, Arturo, Xue, Chaoyang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8561382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34724824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02790-21