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dc.contributor.authorMagditch, Denise A.eng
dc.contributor.authorIdnurm, Alexandereng
dc.contributor.corporatenameUniversity of Missouri (System)eng
dc.contributor.meetingnameMissouri Life Sciences Summit (2010: University of Missouri--Kansas City)eng
dc.date.issued2010-03eng
dc.descriptionComparative Medicine - OneHealth and Comparative Medicine Poster Sessioneng
dc.description.abstractMany microbes are capable of changing phenotypes more frequently than due to basal mutation rates alone, and this ability is coupled to pathogenesis. The human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans is found in the environment in soil, pigeon guano and tree species, locations in which the organism is exposed to microbial predators. Previous research showed that co-incubation of C. neoformans with amoeba causes a switch from a yeast to a pseudohyphal form, enabling fungal survival in amoeba yet conversely reducing virulence in mammalian models of cryptococcosis. We identify the basis for pseudohyphal development in phenotypic-switched and amoeba-derived strains, to show that genes encoding proteins of the RAM (Regulation of Ace2p activity and cellular Morphogenesis) pathway bear mutations. Reversion to wild type yeast morphology can occur through multiple different mechanisms to suggest that underlying rates of spontaneous mutation control this process and thereby influence the pathogenic potential of an organism.eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/6326eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.relation.ispartofAbstracts (Missouri Regional Life Sciences Summit 2010)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri System. Missouri Summits. Missouri Regional Life Sciences Summit 2010eng
dc.subjectbasal mutation rateeng
dc.subjectpathogenesiseng
dc.subjectmicrobial predatorseng
dc.subject.lcshMutagenesiseng
dc.titleTao3 mediates a phenotypic switch between amoeba-adapted and mammalian-adapted forms of Cryptococcus neoformanseng
dc.typePostereng


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