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Puf4 Mediates Post-transcriptional Regulation of Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Caspofungin Resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans

Published:2021-02-23 Issue:1 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
Container-title:mBio
language:en
Short-container-title:mBio

Author:

Kalem Murat C.¹^ORCID,Subbiah Harini¹,Leipheimer Jay¹,Glazier Virginia E.²,Panepinto John C.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, New York, USA

2. Department of Biology, Niagara University, Niagara, New York, USA

Abstract

Cryptococcus neoformans is an environmental fungus that causes pulmonary and central nervous system infections. It is also responsible for 15% of AIDS-related deaths.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mBio.03225-20

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