Chitin

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A chitin synthase and its regulator protein are critical for chitosan production and growth of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Cell wall chitosan is necessary for virulence in the opportunistic pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Chitin: A "Hidden Figure" in the Fungal Cell Wall. 
  • Connecting virulence pathways to cell-cycle progression in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Conservation of the chitin utilization pathway in the Vibrionaceae. 
  • Cryptococcus neoformans Cda1 and Its Chitin Deacetylase Activity Are Required for Fungal Pathogenesis. 
  • Cryptococcus neoformans Chitin Synthase 3 Plays a Critical Role in Dampening Host Inflammatory Responses. 
  • Culture of hepatocytes on fructose-modified chitosan scaffolds. 
  • Culture of primary rat hepatocytes within porous chitosan scaffolds. 
  • Differential effects of inhibiting chitin and 1,3-{beta}-D-glucan synthesis in ras and calcineurin mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Early elicitor induction in members of a novel multigene family coding for highly related RING-H2 proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana 
  • Evaluating the mycostimulation potential of select carbon amendments for the degradation of a model PAH by an ascomycete strain enriched from a superfund site. 
  • Genetic control of cuticle formation during embryonic development of Drosophila melanogaster. 
  • Interactions between copper homeostasis and the fungal cell wall affect copper stress resistance. 
  • Long-Chain Polyprenols Promote Spore Wall Formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Melanin deposition in two Cryptococcus species depends on cell-wall composition and flexibility. 
  • PKC1 is essential for protection against both oxidative and nitrosative stresses, cell integrity, and normal manifestation of virulence factors in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Production and turnover of ectomycorrhizal extramatrical mycelial biomass and necromass under elevated CO2 and nitrogen fertilization. 
  • SnRK1A-mediated phosphorylation of a cytosolic ATPase positively regulates rice innate immunity and is inhibited by Ustilaginoidea virens effector SCRE1. 
  • Structural basis for inhibition and regulation of a chitin synthase from Candida albicans. 
  • Studies on the preparation of chitosan microcarriers cross-linked by oxidized lactose and culture of primary hepatocytes. 
  • The Cryptococcus neoformans Flc1 Homologue Controls Calcium Homeostasis and Confers Fungal Pathogenicity in the Infected Hosts. 
  • The Cryptococcus neoformans capsule: a sword and a shield. 
  • The influence of physical structure and charge on neurite extension in a 3D hydrogel scaffold. 
  • The polarity and magnitude of ambient charge influences three-dimensional neurite extension from DRGs. 
  • Timely Endocytosis of Cytokinetic Enzymes Prevents Premature Spindle Breakage during Mitotic Exit. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Bejsovec, Amy, Associate Professor of Biology, Biology