Chitin is the second most abundant organic and renewable source in nature, after cellulose.
Chitinases are chitin-degrading enzymes. Chitinases have important biophysiological …

Chitin is the second most abundant natural biopolymer and the main structural component of
invertebrate exoskeletons and cell walls of filamentous fungi. Fungal chitinases have …

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis causes infection by the host inhalation of airborne propagules
of the mycelia phase of the fungus. These particles reach the lungs, and disseminate to …

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the aetiological agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, the most
important systemic mycosis in Latin America. In order to study the diversity of P. brasiliensis …

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic granulomatous human mycosis caused by
fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides, which is geographically restricted to Latin America …

An atypical isolate of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (IFM54648), recovered from the sputum
of a Brazilian man, was not detected in immunodiffusion tests for paracoccidioidomycosis …

The fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the causative agent of paracoccidioidomycosis
(PCM), the most prevalent human systemic mycosis in Latin America. Drug toxicity and the …

α-1, 3-Glucan is present as the outermost layer of the cell wall in the pathogenic yeastlike (Y)
form of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Based on experimental evidence, this polysaccharide …

In the present study, we examined the characteristics of cDNA, the regulation of the gene
expression of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis MLS (Pbmls), and the enzymatic activity of the …

MicroRNAs are molecules involved in post-transcriptional gene regulation. In pathogenic
fungi, microRNAs have been described at different morphological stages by regulating …