A novel protocol for the isolation of fungal extracellular vesicles reveals the participation of a putative scramblase in polysaccharide export and capsule construction in Cryptococcus gattii.
M. Rodrigues, F. Reis, B. Borges, L. Jozefowicz, B. Sena, A. W. A. Garcia, L. C. Soares Medeiros, S. Martins, L. Honorato, A. Schrank, M. H. Vainstein, L. Kmetzsch, L. Nimrichter, L. Alves, C. C. Staats
This paper introduces a novel protocol for isolating fungal extracellular vesicles and identifies a scramblase involved in polysaccharide export and capsule formation in Cryptococcus gattii.
bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2019Microbiology