Melanization is an intrinsic characteristic of many fungal species, but details of this process
are poorly understood because melanins are notoriously difficult pigments to study. While …

Cryptococcus neoformans melanizes in the environment and in mammalian tissues, but the
process of melanization in either venue is mysterious given that this microbe produces …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic fungus that produces melanin when incubated in
the presence of certain phenolic substrates such as l-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-dopa) …

While studying the interaction of Cryptococcus neoformans with Dictyostelium discoideum,
we noticed that yeast colonies in agar with a feeder lawn of Klebsiella aerogenes were …

Recently, several pathogenic fungi were shown to produce extracellular vesicles that
contain various components associated with virulence. In the human pathogenic fungus …

Melanins are synthesized macromolecules that are found in all biological kingdoms. These
pigments have a myriad of roles that range from microbial virulence to key components of …

Melanin synthesis is associated with virulence for the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus
neoformans. Exposure of nonmelanized C. neoformans 4067 cells to 4 M guanidinium …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are two species complexes in the large
fungal genus Cryptococcus and are responsible for potentially lethal disseminated …

Melanin synthesis has been associated with virulence for the human pathogenic fungus
Cryptococcus neoformans. Recent evidence indicates that C. neoformans cells synthesize …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus that is pathogenic in humans and that can produce
melanin in vitro. Melanization is associated with virulence, but there is no evidence that …