A Candida albicans metallopeptidase degrades constitutive proteins of extracellular matrix

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-210

  Rodier, Marie Hélène ^a   El Moudni, Brahim ^a   Kauffmann Lacroix, Catherine ^a   Daniault, Gyslaine ^a   Jacquemin, Jean Louis ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie   (France)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Extracellular matrix; Metallopeptidase; Tissue invasion

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBRONECTINS; LAMININ; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0032781646     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00309-2     Document Type: Article

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