Cloning and characterization of CSP37, a novel gene encoding a putative membrane protein of Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4654-4663

  Sentandreu, Maria ^a   Nieto, Almudena ^a   Iborra, Asuncion ^a   Elorza, M Victoria ^a   Ponton, Jose ^b   Fonzi, William A ^c   Sentandreu, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSTYRENE;

ADHESION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030743421     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.15.4654-4663.1997     Document Type: Article

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