Article
Cryptococcus neoformans: morphogenesis, infection, and evolution.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2009
Lin Xiaorong
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus neoformans is the major causative agent of fungal meningoencephalitis in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. During infection, this fungus is observed in the yeast form and is only occasionally seen as the pseudohyphal or hyphal form (filamentous forms). Early studies suggested that phase transition of C. neoformans from a multi-cellular filamentous form to the unicellular yeast...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Hyphae
- Morphogenesis
- Phenotype
- Pheromones
- Virulence