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Characterization of Lipids and Proteins Associated to the Cell Wall of the Acapsular Mutant Cryptococcus neoformans Cap 67.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Longo Larissa V G, Nakayasu Ernesto S, Pires Jhon H S, Gazos-Lopes Felipe, Vallejo Milene C, Sobreira Tiago J P, Almeida Igor C, Puccia Rosana
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Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes life-threatening meningitis. In this fungus, the cell wall is exceptionally not the outermost structure due to the presence of a surrounding polysaccharide capsule, which has been highly studied. Considering that there is little information about C. neoformans cell wall composition, we aimed at describing proteins and lipids extractable from...
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