Determination of the pH of the Cryptococcus neoformans vacuole
Harrison TS;Chen J;Simons E;Levitz SM;;
medical mycology2002Vol. 40pp. -
196
ts2002medicaldetermination
Abstract
We have previously demonstrated the antifungal activity of the weak bases chloroquine and quinacrine against Cryptococcus neoformans. Quinacrine, being fluorescent, was seen to be concentrated within a complex vacuolar structure within the cryptococcal cell. Here we determined the pH of this compart …