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Pbx Proteins in Cryptococcus neoformans Cell Wall Remodeling and Capsule Assembly

The cryptococcal capsule is a critical virulence factor of an important pathogen, but little is known about how it is associated with the cell or released into the environment. Two mutants lacking PBX1 and PBX2 were found to shed reduced amounts of the capsule polysaccharide glucuronoxylomannan (GXM...

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Main Authors: Kumar, Pardeep, Heiss, Christian, Santiago-Tirado, Felipe H., Black, Ian, Azadi, Parastoo, Doering, Tamara L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060484/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24585882
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/EC.00290-13
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