The Role of Testosterone and Gibberellic Acid in the Melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans

Cryptococcus neoformans , a spore-producing pathogenic yeast, affects immunocompromised individuals causing meningoencephalitis. Once C. neoformans is introduced via the respiratory tract, it is engulfed by macrophages and other phagocytes. One of C. neoformans’s primary virulence factors is the pig...

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Published in:	Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 11; p. 1921
Main Authors:	Tucker, Jamila S., Guess, Tiffany E., McClelland, Erin E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A 13-08-2020
Subjects:	Cryptococcus neoformans gibberellic acid melanization Microbiology pantothenic acid testosterone
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