Cryptococcus neoformans is a heterothallic basidiomycete that grows vegetatively as yeast
and filamentous hyphae are produced in the sexual state. Previous studies have shown that …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a heterothallic basidiomycetous yeast that primarily infects
immunocompromised individuals. Dikaryotic hyphae resulting from the fusion of the MATa …

Sexual reproduction is critical for successful evolution of eukaryotic organisms in adaptation
to changing environments. In the opportunistic human fungal pathogens, the Cryptococcus …

Although the mating system of Cryptococcus neoformans shares many physiological and
genetic characteristics with other fungi, there are an increasing number of features that make …

Blue light regulates diverse physiological and developmental processes in fungi. Our prior
studies demonstrated that the evolutionally conserved Cwc1 and Cwc2 proteins mediate the …

Sexual identity and mating are linked to virulence of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus
neoformans. Cells of the α mating type are more prevalent and can be more virulent than a …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a human fungal pathogen that undergoes a dimorphic
transition from a unicellular yeast to multicellular hyphae during opposite sex (mating) and …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen with a defined sexual cycle
involving fusion of haploid MAT α and MAT a cells. Virulence has been linked to the mating …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a basidiomycetous fungal pathogen that infects the central
nervous system. The organism has a defined sexual cycle involving mating between haploid …

The human basidiomycetous fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans serves as a model
fungus to study sexual development and produces infectious propagules, basidiospores, via …