Virulence attributes and hyphal growth of C. neoformans are quantitative traits and the MATalpha allele enhances filamentation.

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal human pathogen with a bipolar mating system. It undergoes a dimorphic transition from a unicellular yeast to hyphal filamentous growth during mating and monokaryotic fruiting. The traditional sexual cycle that leads to the production of infectious basidiospores in...

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Main Authors: Xiaorong Lin, Johnny C Huang, Thomas G Mitchell, Joseph Heitman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1636697?pdf=render