A phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase of Candida albicans influences adhesion, filamentous growth and virulence

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2755-2764

  Bruckmann, A ^a   Kunkel, W ^a   Hartl, A ^a   Wetzker, R ^a   Eck, R ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Gene disruption; Pathogenicity; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; HOMOZYGOTE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; OSMOTIC STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0033709349     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-11-2755     Document Type: Article

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