Cryptococcus neoformans Escape From Dictyostelium Amoeba by Both WASH-Mediated Constitutive Exocytosis and Vomocytosis

Cryptococcus neoformans is an environmental yeast that can cause opportunistic infections in humans. As infecting animals does not form part of its normal life-cycle, it has been proposed that the virulence traits that allow cryptococci to resist immune cells were selected through interactions with...

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Main Authors: Rhys A. Watkins, Alexandre Andrews, Charlotte Wynn, Caroline Barisch, Jason S. King, Simon A. Johnston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00108/full