Role of phagocytosis in the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Published in Eukaryot Cell on October 01, 2004

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Maurizio Del Poeta1

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1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., BSB 503, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. delpoeta@musc.edu

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