Overexpression of Candida albicans secretory aspartyl proteinase 2 and its expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae do not augment virulence in mice

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2299-2310

  Dubois, Nathalie ^a   Colina, Ana Rosa ^a   Aumont, Francine ^a   Belhumeur, Pierre ^a   De Repentigny, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspartyl proteinase; Candida albicans; Candidiasis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THRUSH; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031719293     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-8-2299     Document Type: Article

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