‘Division of labour’ in response to host oxidative burst drives a fatal Cryptococcus gattii outbreak

Cryptococcus gattii is an emerging intracellular pathogen and the cause of the largest primary outbreak of a life-threatening fungal disease in a healthy population. Outbreak strains share a unique mitochondrial gene expression profile and an increased ability to tubularize their mitochondria within...

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Main Authors: Voelz, Kerstin, Johnston, Simon A., Smith, Leanne M., Hall, Rebecca A., Idnurm, Alexander, May, Robin C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208095/