The cell wall architecture of Candida albicans wild-type cells and cell wall-defective mutants

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 601-611

  Kapteyn, J C ^a   Hoyer, L L ^b   Hecht, J E ^b   Muller W H ^c   Andel, A ^a   Verkleij, A J ^c   Makarow, M ^d   Van Den Ende, H ^a   Klis, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CHITIN; GLUCAN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BETA-GLUCANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCANS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033950964     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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