Chitosan biosynthesis and virulence in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii
W. C. Lam, R. Upadhya, C. Specht, A. E. Ragsdale, C. R. Hole, S. M. Levitz, J. K. Lodge
This study shows that C. gattii R265 has higher chitosan in its cell wall and that CDA3 is critical for its virulence, with CDA deletions making it avirulent.
mSphere · Oct 30, 2019Peer-reviewedMicrobiology