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Structure and biological activities of acapsular Cryptococcus neoformans 602 complemented with the CAP64 gene
1 May 1997
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The extracellular polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans is a well-recognized virulence factor. Strain 602 is an acapsular clinical isolate of unknown serotype which has been widely used in studies of virulence and host-parasite interactions. In previous studies, strain 602 was compared with genetically unrelated strains of various serotypes because the wild-type equivalent of strain 602 was not...
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