Heme utilization and storage by Cryptococcus neoformans.
The opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has been previously shown to use heme as a sole iron source, but the mechanisms for heme utilization are unknown. The goal of this study was to begin a genetic analysis of heme utilization in C. neoformans by deletion of candidate genes and p...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/17425 |