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Amino Acid Permeases and Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Martho Kevin Felipe Cruz, de Melo Amanda Teixeira, Takahashi Juliana Possato Fernandes, Guerra Juliana Mariotti, Santos Dayane Cristina da Silva, Purisco Sônia Ueda, Melhem Márcia de Souza Carvalho, Fazioli Raquel Dos Anjos, Phanord Clerlune, Sartorelli Patrícia, Vallim Marcelo A, Pascon Renata C
Abstract excerpt
Fungal opportunistic pathogens colonize various environments, from plants and wood to human and animal tissue. Regarding human pathogens, one great challenge during contrasting niche occupation is the adaptation to different conditions, such as temperature, osmolarity, salinity, pressure, oxidative stress and nutritional availability, which may constitute sources of stress that need to be tolerated and overcome....
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