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SUBMITTER: Heiss C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3630864 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heiss Christian C Skowyra Michael L ML Liu Hong H Klutts J Stacey JS Wang Zhirui Z Williams Matthew M Srikanta Deepa D Beverley Stephen M SM Azadi Parastoo P Doering Tamara L TL
The Journal of biological chemistry 20130213 16
Galactofuranose (Galf) is the five-membered ring form of galactose. Although it is absent from mammalian glycans, it occurs as a structural and antigenic component of important cell surface molecules in a variety of microbes, ranging from bacteria to parasites and fungi. One such organism is Cryptococcus neoformans, a pathogenic yeast that causes lethal meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals, particularly AIDS patients. C. neoformans is unique among fungal pathogens in bearing a co ...[more]