… We propose a complex life cycle for the pathogen comprising both recombination and clonal
expansion, and we suggest a role for the sexual Filobasidiella state in this process in vivo. …

… The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans lives primarily in the external …
Without the expression of these phenotypes, C. neoformans is crippled for survival within …

… The life cycle of C. … of infection due to Cryptococcus neoformans in Australia and New
Zealand. Australasian … Persistence of Cryptococcus neoformans in seminal fluid and urine under …

… Cryptococcus neoformans is a life-threatening human fungal pathogen responsible for an
estimated 1 million cases of cryptococcosis/year, … of clinical isolates and gain knowledge of C. …

… The molecular types of 443 Brazilian isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus
gattii were analyzed to determine their geographic distribution within Brazil and their …

… their life cycle (reviewed in [38]). Even if many fungi have retained the ability to replicate
sexually [39], this appears to occur infrequently and only in the environment. The life cycle of …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a heterothallic fungal pathogen of humans and animals. … the
cell cycle and occurs in haploid cells in the absence of sexual reproduction. Cells grown at 37C …

… The Ras1 signal transduction pathway controls the ability of the pathogenic fungus
Cryptococcus neoformans to grow at high temperatures and to mate. A second RAS gene was …

… Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated human fungal pathogen and the etiological
agent of cryptococcosis and cryptococcal meningitis [2]. Cryptococcal infections begin with the …

… in the virulence-associated enzymes from Cryptococcus neoformans. The enzymatic suite of
C. … The facultative intracellular fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is the causative …