Expression, cloning, and characterization of a Candida albicans gene, ALA1, that confers adherence properties upon Saccharomyces cerevisiae for extracellular matrix proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5289-5294

  Gaur, Nand K ^a,b   Klotz, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030729228     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.12.5289-5294.1997     Document Type: Article

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