The extracellular mannoprotein Cig1 functions in iron acquisition from heme in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.
Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes cryptococcosis, a life-threatening disease which affects an estimated 1 million people worldwide annually. Iron acquisition is an important but poorly understood aspect of the pathogenesis of C. neoformans. In particular, no hem...
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University of British Columbia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44400 |