Caco-2 monolayer as a model for transepithelial migration of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Weide, M R ^a   Ernst, Joachim F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caco 2; Candida albicans; Dimorphism; Efg1 mutants; Monolayer; Transepithelial migration

Indexed keywords

URIDINE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0033501531     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1999.tb00015.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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