Extracellular fibrils of pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus gattii are important for ecological niche, murine virulence and human neutrophil interactions.

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Published in PLoS One on June 07, 2010

Authors

Deborah J Springer1, Ping Ren, Ramesh Raina, Yimin Dong, Melissa J Behr, Bruce F McEwen, Samuel S Bowser, William A Samsonoff, Sudha Chaturvedi, Vishnu Chaturvedi

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1: Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America.

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