Nutrient uptake by Candida albicans: The influence of cell surface mannoproteins

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 353-359

  Braun, Phyllis C ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; Candida albicans; Mannoproteins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROLINE; SERINE;

FUNGUS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INCUBATION TIME; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUGAR TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0033501619     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-45-5-353     Document Type: Article

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