This chapter presents Cryptococcus neoformans, an important model human fungal
pathogen, with a focus on sexual reproduction and morphogenesis given that they play key …

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 …

Pigment production by Cryptococcus neoformans is virulence associated. Dopamine-and 3,
4-dihydroxyphenylalanine–melanin products were identified after acidic permanganate …

The sexual mating of the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans is important for
pathogenesis studies because the fungal virulence is linked to the α mating type (MATα). We …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen. C. neoformans has a
phenoloxidase enzyme system which catalyzes black pigment formation from catechol …

Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is a pathogenic yeast and the cause of cryptococcal
meningitis. Prevalence of disease between males and females is skewed, with males having …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus and an opportunistic
pathogen that causes fatal cryptococcal meningitis. Advances in genomics, genetics, and …

This study explores signal transduction pathways that function during mating and infection in
the opportunistic, human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. The gene encoding a …

For over 3 decades, sexual development in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus
neoformans and other fungi has been initiated by growing compatible mating partners on V8 …

A primary virulence-associated trait of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus
neoformans is the production of melanin pigments that are deposited into the cell wall and …