Extracellular vesicles produced by Cryptococcus neoformans contain protein components associated with virulence.

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Published in Eukaryot Cell on November 26, 2007

Authors

Marcio L Rodrigues1, Ernesto S Nakayasu, Debora L Oliveira, Leonardo Nimrichter, Joshua D Nosanchuk, Igor C Almeida, Arturo Casadevall

Author Affiliations

1: Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941590 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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