Cloning and characterization of PRA1, a gene encoding a novel pH- regulated antigen of Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 282-289

  Sentandreu, Maria ^a,c   Elorza, M Victoria ^a   Sentandreu, Rafael ^a   Fonzi, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kirsten Weining Inst F Med M   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0031885808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.2.282-289.1998     Document Type: Article

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