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SUBMITTER: Jones TH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5422485 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Tyler H TH McClelland Erin E EE McFeeters Hana H McFeeters Robert L RL
Frontiers in microbiology 20170509
Pathogenic cryptococci are encapsulated yeast that can cause severe meningoencephalitis. Existing therapeutic options are dated and there is a growing need for new alternative antifungal agents for these fungi. Here we report novel inhibition of pathogenic cryptococci by the antimicrobial lectin Scytovirin. Inhibition was most potent against <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> var <i>neoformans</i> and <i>C. gattii</i>, with MFC values of 500 nM. Scytovirin binding was localized to the cell wall and ...[more]