… This article reviews current knowledge of cryptococcal cell wall and capsule biosynthesis …
themes as they apply to the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Like other yeasts, C. …

… potential role in capsule formation and cryptococcal biology. … various nutrients on capsule
formation and formulated a capsule-… 3 (43) also induce capsule formation, while other medium …

… In contrast, sodium butyrate strongly inhibited yeast growth in a concentration-dependent
manner, interfered with virulence traits such as melanization and capsule formation in C. …

… capsule produced by Cryptococcus neoformans is essential for its pathogenicity. We
have isolated and characterized a gene, CAP64, which is required for capsule formation. An …

… capsule formation by staining with India ink and found that cells showed an enlarged capsule
by 6 h … whether formation of a large capsule coincided with a change in transcript level for a …

… , CAP10, which is required for capsule formation. Complementation of the acapsularcap10
… Thus, CAP10 is required for capsule formation and virulence. Cryptococcus neoformansis a …

… of new buds and induction of capsule on mature cells. … capsule overlying buds is newly
synthesized and differs physically from the corresponding parental material. New capsule formed …

… polysaccharide resulted in the presence of a capsule forming around the cell as was
visualized by fluorescence, but the degree of encapsulation was much lower than is commonly …

… The Cryptococcus neoformans NRG1 gene was identified … Disruption of NRG1 results in
delayed capsule formation and … required for polysaccharide capsule production and cell wall …

… To further dissect the molecular mechanisms of capsule formation, we isolated more
acapsular strains by mutagenesis. In this paper, we describe the isolation and characterization of …