The effect of different categories of light stimuli on fusion events for different mating pairs. Introduction: The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogen found in patients with weak immune system like HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency sydrome) patients. It is a dangerous pathogen that causes cryptococcosis with severe symptoms like encephalitis and pneumonia-like illness. It thrives well in dark places, which suit well for its sexual reproduction whereas light inhibits the sexual reproduction process by affecting the development of the dikaryon stage. The wild-type BWC gene encodes for light-based inhibition of dikaryon formation. There are two mating types, denoted as α and a. The mutant bwc1 does not inhibit the development of dikaryon even in the presence of light.

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The effect of different categories of light stimuli on fusion events for different mating pairs.

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The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogen found in patients with weak immune system like HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency sydrome) patients. It is a dangerous pathogen that causes cryptococcosis with severe symptoms like encephalitis and pneumonia-like illness.

It thrives well in dark places, which suit well for its sexual reproduction whereas light inhibits the sexual reproduction process by affecting the development of the dikaryon stage. The wild-type BWC gene encodes for light-based inhibition of dikaryon formation. There are two mating types, denoted as α and a. The mutant bwc1 does not inhibit the development of dikaryon even in the presence of light.

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