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Identification of QTLs Associated with Virulence Related Traits and Drug Resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 8 Sept 2016
Vogan Aaron A, Khankhet Jordan, Samarasinghe Himeshi, Xu Jianping
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus neoformans is a basidiomycete fungus capable of causing deadly meningoenchephilitis, primarily in immunocompromised individuals. Formerly, C. neoformans was composed of two divergent lineages, but these have recently been elevated to species status, now C. neoformans (formerly C. neoformans var. grubii) and C. deneoformans (formerly C. neoformans var. neoformans). While both species can cause deadly...
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