Cloning and characterization of CAD1/AAF1, a gene from Candida albicans that induces adherence to endothelial cells after expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2078-2084

  Fu, Yue ^a   Filler, Scott G ^a,b   Spellberg, Bradley J ^a   Fonzi, William ^c   Ibrahim, Ashraf S ^a   Kanbe, Toshio ^d   Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^a,b,e   Edwards Jr , John E ^a,b  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031947547     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.2078-2084.1998     Document Type: Article

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