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Ccr4 promotes resolution of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response during host temperature adaptation in Cryptococcus neoformans.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Jul 2011
Havel Virginia E, Wool Nathan K, Ayad David, Downey Kurtis M, Wilson Christabel F, Larsen Peter, Djordjevic Julianne T, Panepinto John C
Abstract excerpt
Adaptation to host temperature is a prerequisite for any pathogen capable of causing deep infection in humans. Our previous studies demonstrated that a Cryptococcus neoformans ccr4Δ mutant lacking the major deadenylase involved in regulated mRNA decay was defective in host temperature adaptation and therefore virulence. In this study, the ccr4Δ mutant was found to exhibit characteristics of chronic...
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