Vesicle-associated melanization in Cryptococcus neoformans

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3860-3867

  Eisenman, Helene C ^a,d   Frases, Susana ^a,e   Nicola, André M ^a,b   Rodrigues, Marcio L ^c   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACCASE; LEVODOPA; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID VESICLE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; LIPOSOMES; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; METAZOA;

EID: 71449121732     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.032854-0     Document Type: Article

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