In vivo analysis of secreted aspartyl proteinase expression in human oral candidiasis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2482-2490

  Naglik, Julian R ^a   Newport, George ^b   White, Theodore C ^b,c   Fernandes Naglik, Lynette L ^a   Greenspan, John S ^b   Greenspan, Deborah ^b   Sweet, Simon P ^a   Challacombe, Stephen J ^a   Agabian, Nina ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; THRUSH;

EID: 0032900510     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2482-2490.1999     Document Type: Article

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