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The Role of Testosterone and Gibberellic Acid in the Melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans

Cryptococcus neoformans, a spore-producing pathogenic yeast, affects immunocompromised individuals causing meningoencephalitis. Once C. neoformans is introduced via the respiratory tract, it is engulfed by macrophages and other phagocytes. One of C. neoformans’s primary virulence factors is the pigm...

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Autores principales: Tucker, Jamila S., Guess, Tiffany E., McClelland, Erin E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7456850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32922377
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01921