Paracoccidioides lutzii Infects Galleria mellonella Employing Formamidase as a Virulence Factor.

• Principais autores: Elisa Dias Pereira (Autor), Thalison Rodrigues Moreira (Autor), Vanessa Rafaela Milhomem Cruz-Leite (Autor), Mariana Vieira Tomazett (Autor), Lana O'Hara Souza Silva (Autor), Daniel Graziani (Autor), Juliana Assis Martins (Autor), André Corrêa Amaral (Autor), Simone Schneider Weber (Autor), Juliana Alves Parente-Rocha (Autor), Célia Maria de Almeida Soares (Autor), Clayton Luiz Borges (Autor)
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• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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The formamidase (FMD) enzyme plays an important role in fungal thriving by releasing a secondary nitrogen source as a product of its activity. In Paracoccidioides species, previous studies have demonstrated the upregulation of this enzyme in a wide range of starvation and infective-like conditions....