Mismatch Repair of DNA Replication Errors Contributes to Microevolution in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

The ability to adapt to a changing environment provides a selective advantage to microorganisms. In the case of many pathogens, a large change in their environment occurs when they move from a natural setting to a setting within a human host and then during the course of disease development to vario...

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Main Authors: Kylie J. Boyce, Yina Wang, Surbhi Verma, Viplendra P. S. Shakya, Chaoyang Xue, Alexander Idnurm, J. Andrew Alspaugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-05-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/3/e00595-17