Gluconate Kinase Is Required for Gluconate Assimilation and Sporulation in Cryptococcus neoformans

ABSTRACT Cryptococcus neoformans is an environmental yeast and an opportunistic human pathogen. The ability to cause disease depends on the ability to adapt to the human host. Previous studies implicated infectivity-related kinase 3 (IRK3, CNAG_03048) as required for establishing an infection. We ge...

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Main Authors: Andrew J. Jezewski, Sarah R. Beattie, Katy M. Alden, Damian J. Krysan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00301-22