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ArticleInfection and immunity2003

Cryptococcus neoformans with a mutation in the tetratricopeptide repeat-containing gene, CCN1, causes subcutaneous lesions but fails to cause systemic infection.

Seyung Chung, Philippe Mondon, Yun C Chang, Kyung J Kwon-Chung

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seyung ChungMolecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Philippe Mondon
Yun C Chang
Kyung J Kwon-Chung
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Molecular Analysis Of Signaling Pathways In Cryptococcus neoformansZIAAI000847 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI CHANG, YUN · 2009 to 2021
$1.2M
Molecular Analysis Of Cell Cycle Genes In Cryptococcus NeoformansZ01AI000847 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI KWON-CHUNG, KYUNG · 1999 to 2008
$236k
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We studied a Cryptococcus neoformans strain that caused feline chronic nasal granuloma without disseminated disease. This strain, B-4551, grows at temperatures up to 35 degrees C and fails to cause systemic infection in mice. Many cells of B-4551 formed short hyphal elements in feline nasal tissue and occasionally at 35 degrees C in vitro. A complementation and sequence analysis revealed that the temperature-sensitive (Ts) phenotype of B-4551 was due to deletion of a lysine residue in the cryptococcal CCN1 gene. B-4551 complemented with the wild type CCN1 gene grew at 37 degrees C and caused fatal systemic infection in mice. The CCN1 gene encodes a protein containing 16 copies of a tetratricopeptide repeat. CCN1 is homologous to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae CLF1 gene, which is required for pre-mRNA splicing, cell cycle progression, and DNA replication, and to the Drosophila melanogaster crn gene, which is involved in neurogenesis. CLF1 complemented the Ts phenotype of B-4551. CCN1, however, failed to rescue the clf1 mutant in S. cerevisiae. These results indicate that the Ccn1p may not be as functionally diverse as Clf1p in yeast.

Indexed as

MutationAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCat DiseasesCatsCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansDermatomycosesFungal ProteinsGranulomaHumansMaleMiceMolecular Sequence DataNasal CavityRepetitive Sequences, Amino AcidCCN1 protein, Cryptococcus neoformansFungal Proteins

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PMID12654817
PMCPMC152080
OpenAlexW2105424944

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