KEY RESOURCES TABLE
| REAGENT or RESOURCE | SOURCE | IDENTIFIER | 
|---|---|---|
| Chemicals | ||
| Hygromycin | Research Products International Corp. | Cat. NO.: H75000 | 
| G418 | Research Products International Corp. | Cat. NO.: G64000 | 
| Nourseothricin | Jena Bioscience | Cat. NO.: AB-102–25G | 
| Zeocin | VWR | Cat. NO.: AAJ67140–8EQ | 
| Propidium iodide | Sigma- Aldrich | Cat. NO.: P4864–10ML | 
| Experimental Models: Organisms/Strains | ||
| Mouse: A/Jcr | The Jackson Laboratory | CRL:563 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain XL280α (MFα, mild type serotype D strain)  | 
[5] | Strain ID: XL280α | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain H99 (MFα, wild type serotype A strain)  | 
[23] | Strain ID: H99 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain KN99 (MFa, wild type serotype A strain)  | 
[56] | Strain ID: KN99 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ83 (MFα, DMC1::NAT serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ83 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ463 (MFa, DMC1::NAT serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ463 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ478 (MFα, REC8::NAT serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ478 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ486 (MFa, REC8::NAT serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ486 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ175 (MFα, PH2B-H2B-GFP-HYG serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ175 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ187 (MFα, DMC1::NAT, PH2B-H2B-GFP-HYG serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ187 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ63 (MFα, FRDMC1, Serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ63 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ659 (MFα, FRREC8, Serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ659 | 
| 
Cryptococcus neoformans strain YZ661 (MFα, FRREC8, Serotype A)  | 
This manuscript | Strain ID: YZ661 | 
| Oligonucleotides | ||
| See Table S3 | This manuscript | N/A | 
| Recombinant DNA | ||
| pYZ-FRDMC1 (pXL-PDMC1-CRE-PTEF1-NAT-NEO)  | 
This manuscript | Plasmid ID: pYZ-FRDMC1 | 
| pYZ-FRREC8 (pXL-PREC8-CRE-PREC8-NAT-NEO)  | 
This manuscript | Plasmid ID: pYZ-FRREC8 | 
| pYZ99 (pXL1-PH2B-H2B-GFP-HYG)  | 
This manuscript | Plasmid ID: pYZ99 | 
| pYZ179 (pXL1-PTUB4-TUB4--tdTomato-NEO)  | 
This manuscript | Plasmid ID: pYZ179 | 
| Software and Algorithms | ||
| R 3.6 | The R Foundation | https://www.rproject.org/ | 
| ggplot2 | [48] | https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/ | 
| Colonyzer | [49] | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/colonyzer/ |