Is the Nickel-Dependent Urease Complex of <italic toggle="yes">Cryptococcus</italic> the Pathogen’s Achilles’ Heel?
ABSTRACT The nitrogen-scavenging enzyme urease has been coopted in a variety of pathogenic organisms as a virulence factor, most notoriously to neutralize stomach acid and establish infection by the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. The opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans also...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
Published: |
American Society for Microbiology
2013
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/34304ef016c94cfbbbfb1d03393065fd |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|