The role and mechanism of diacylglycerol-protein kinase C1 signaling in melanogenesis by Cryptococcus neoformans.
Heung LJ, Kaiser AE, Luberto C, Del Poeta M.
Heung LJ, et al. Among authors: luberto c.
J Biol Chem. 2005 Aug 5;280(31):28547-55. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M503404200. Epub 2005 Jun 9.
J Biol Chem. 2005.
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The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes a life-threatening meningoencephalitis by expression of virulence factors such as melanin, a black pigment produced by the cell wall-associated enzyme laccase. In previous studies (Heung, L. J., …
The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes a life-threatening meningoencephalitis by expression of vi …