Abstract
C. neoformans is an opportunistic yeast that attacks immunocompromised patientscausing lethal infections such as cryptococcal meningitis. As a result of the resistance ofthe pathogens to the current medications and the lack of antifungals and effectivetreatments, the study on virulence mechanisms of C. neoformans is extremely importantto medicine. Yeasts are eukaryotes as well as their ho…