Histoplasma capsulatum Synthesizes Melanin-Like Pigments In Vitro and during Mammalian Infection

Melanin is made by several important pathogenic fungi and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of fungal infections. This study investigated whether the thermally dimorphic fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum produced melanin or melanin-like compounds in vitro and d...

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Main Authors: Nosanchuk, Joshua D., Gómez, Beatriz L., Youngchim, Sirida, Díez, Soraya, Aisen, Philip, Zancopé-Oliveira, Rosely M., Restrepo, Angela, Casadevall, Arturo, Hamilton, Andrew J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2002
Subjects:
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC128224/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12183562
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.70.9.5124-5131.2002
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