Differential expression of secreted aspartyl proteinases in a model of human oral candidosis and in patient samples from the oral cavity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 605-615

  Schaller, Martin ^a,b   Schäfer, Wilhelm ^a   Korting, Hans C ^b   Hube, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THRUSH;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MURINAE;

EID: 0031875677     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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