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Cryptococcus neoformans melanization incorporates multiple catecholamines to produce polytypic melanin

Melanin is a major virulence factor in pathogenic fungi that enhances the ability of fungal cells to resist immune clearance. Cryptococcus neoformans is an important human pathogenic fungus that synthesizes melanin from exogenous tissue catecholamine precursors during infection, but the type of mela...

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Autores principales: Baker, Rosanna P., Chrissian, Christine, Stark, Ruth E., Casadevall, Arturo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34942148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101519