Overexpression of the Candida albicans ALA1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae results in aggregation following attachment of yeast cells to extracellular matrix proteins, adherence properties similar to those of Candida albicans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6040-6047

  Gaur, Nand K ^a,b   Klotz, Stephen A ^a,b   Henderson, Ramona L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032709094     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.6040-6047.1999     Document Type: Article

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