Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2008 Oct 16;4(4):308-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.09.003.

Beyond the big three: systematic analysis of virulence factors in Cryptococcus neoformans

James Kronstad  1 , Won Hee Jung, Guanggan Hu
Affiliations
Free article

Beyond the big three: systematic analysis of virulence factors in Cryptococcus neoformans

James Kronstad et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
Free article

Abstract

The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has three major virulence factors: growth at 37 degrees C, capsule synthesis, and melanin formation. Recently in Cell, Liu et al. (2008) employed signature tagged mutagenesis to systematically identify virulence genes. Remarkably, mutations in many of these genes did not influence the major virulence traits.

PubMed Disclaimer

MeSH terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources