Mitogen-activated protein kinase-defective Candida albicans is avirulent in a novel model of localized murine candidiasis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Guhad, Faisal A ^a   Jensen, Henrik E ^b   Aalbaek, B ^b   Csank, Csilla ^c,d   Mohamed, Othman ^c,e   Harcus, Doreen ^c   Thomas, David Y ^c,e   Whiteway, Malcolm ^c,e   Hau, Jann ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Mastitis; Pathology; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; MALE; MASTITIS; MOUSE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MALE; MASTITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PREGNANCY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MURINAE;

EID: 0031680534     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00323-1     Document Type: Article

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