Investigations on the regulation of secreted aspartyl proteinases in a model of oral candidosis and in vivo;Untersuchungen zur regulation sekretorischer aspartatproteinasen in einem oralen candidose-modell und in vivo

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-73

  Schauer, M ^a,b,c,d   Korting, H G ^a,b,c,d   Schafer W ^a,b,c,d   Sanglard, D ^a,b,c,d   Hube, B ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspartyl proteinase; Candida albicans; Candidosis; Proteinases; SAP; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; CANDIDA; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THRUSH;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032447643     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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