Carbonic Anhydrase and CO2 Sensing during Cryptococcus neoformans Growth, Differentiation, and Virulence

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Cryptococcus neoformans Ilv2p confers resistance to sulfometuron methyl and is required for survival at 37 °C and in vivo

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Carbonic Anhydrase Activity is Dispensable in This Dimorphic Transition

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