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 …

Melanin is a virulence factor for many pathogenic fungal species, including Cryptococcus
neoformans. Melanin is deposited in the cell wall, and melanin isolated from this fungus …

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) …

Melanization is a property that is shared among several human pathogenic fungi, whereas
encapsulation is a property unique to Cryptococcus neoformans. Focusing on C …

Melanin formation at 37° C has been proposed as a virulence factor in Cryptococcus
neoformans. However, whereas catecholamine uptake is maintained at this temperature …

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 …

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 …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an important opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes life-
threatening infection of the central nervous system. A major virulence factor for C …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that has several well-
described virulence determinants. A polysaccharide capsule and the ability to produce …

The cell-wall constituent, melanin, is a virulence factor for pathogenic fungi, but its structural
and mechanistic role is not clearly understood. As intermediates in melanin formation are …