Today, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is probably the best-studied eukaryotic
organism. This review first focusses on the signaling process which is mediated by the …

The pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans produces polyploid titan cells in response
to the host lung environment that are critical for host adaptation and subsequent disease …

Human and animal cryptococcosis due to an unusual molecular type of Cryptococcus gattii
(VGII) emerged recently on Vancouver Island, Canada. Unlike C. neoformans, C. gattii …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic human pathogen belonging to
basidiomycetous fungi and has unique properties in cell cycle progression. In the present …

The present work focuses on the analysis of cell cycle progression of Paracoccidioides
brasiliensis yeast cells under different environmental conditions. We optimized a flow …

The cell cycle pattern of the pathogenic basidiomycetous yeast Cryptococcus neoformans
differs from that of the ascomycetous budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To clarify …

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 …

Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) play a key role in coordinating cell division in all
eukaryotes. We investigated the capability of cyclin-dependent kinases CDKA and CDKB …

In contrast to most ciliates, meiosis and successive nuclear changes during conjugation
occur only in heterotypic pairs in Blepharisma. It has been suggested that homotypic pairs …

Background: Cryptococcus neoformans is an obligate aerobic pathogenic yeast causing
lung infection typically followed by spread to the central nervous system. During …