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...
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Autores principales: | Carl A. Morrow, James A. Fraser |
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American Society for Microbiology
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/34304ef016c94cfbbbfb1d03393065fd |
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