… in myosin VII synthesis resulted in infection, validating the … capsule, the ability to make melanin
pigments, and the capacity to … resulting in actin polymerization and particle internalization …

… , as mice inoculated with a heat-killed preparation of the chs3Δ strain died at the same rate as
mice inoculated … Chitin is polymerized from cytoplasmic pools of UDP-GlcNAc by a multiple …

… of fungal biosynthesis for the three most prevalent melanin … by the oxidation and subsequent
polymerization of HGA, an … Meanwhile, infections with Cryptococcus neoformans or C. …

… all animal kingdoms and is also the type of melanin synthesized by C. … -DHN, which is
subsequently polymerized to become DHN melanin, the sole end … neoformans in infected rodents. …

… polymerization of DHN to form DHN melanin (3, 5, 33, 45). Another pathogen, like Cryptococcus
neoformans, produces melanin … from male BALB/c mice by washing the peritoneal …

… melanin biosynthesis) and … mice reduced cryptococcal and candidal infection (76, 77).
Moreover, it was recently shown that chitotriosidase recognizes cryptococcal chitin during infection …

… have synthesized oligosaccharides representing cryptococcal … cell turnover and that such
melanin would be accessible to … melanin could be used to arrest tumor growth in nude mice …

… of Cryptococcus neoformans with clinical outcome of infected patients… Laccase is a critical
enzyme for the synthesis of melanin, a … may be different from in vitro polymerization of L-DOPA. …

… We begin with a brief review of melanin synthesis and its … Polymerization of DHN leads to
formation of melanin. Many … Cryomyces antarcticus and Cryptococcus neoformans differ in …

… has a laccase enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of melanin-like pigments from various …
could be potentiated by L-dopa polymerization intermediates. In our experimental conditions, …