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Carbonic anhydrase and CO2 sensing during Cryptococcus neoformans growth, differentiation, and virulence.
Current biology : CB - 22 Nov 2005
Bahn Yong-Sun, Cox Gary M, Perfect John R, Heitman Joseph
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The gas carbon dioxide (CO2) plays a critical role in microbial and mammalian respiration, photosynthesis in algae and plants, chemoreception in insects, and even global warming . However, how CO2 is transported, sensed, and metabolized by microorganisms is largely not understood. For instance, CO2 is known to induce production of polysaccharide capsule virulence determinants in pathogenic bacteria and fungi via...
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