COS-1, a putative two-component histidine kinase of Candida albicans, is an in vivo virulence factor

Medical Mycology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-74

  Selitrennikoff, C P ^a   Alex, L ^b,c   Miller, T K ^a   Clemons, K V ^c   Simon, M I ^b   Stevens, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; COS 1; In vivo virulence; Two component histidine kinases

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENOMYL; CILOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NIKKOMYCIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; VINCLOZOLIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034745940     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.39.1.69.74     Document Type: Article

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