Virulence of a phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase-deficient Candida albicans strain in an immunosuppressed murine model of systemic candidiasis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2542-2548

  Donovan, M ^a   Schumuke, J J ^a   Fonzi, W A ^a   Bonar, S L ^a   Gheesling Mullis, K ^a   Jacob, G S ^a   Davisson, V J ^a   Dotson, S B ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHORIBOSYL AMINOIMIDAZOLE CARBOXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARBOXY-LYASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MICE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035084198     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2542-2548.2001     Document Type: Article

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