Disruption of the Candida albicans TPS2 gene encoding trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase decreases infectivity without affecting hypha formation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1772-1782

  Van Dijck, Patrick ^a   De Rop, Larissa ^a   Szlufcik, Karolina ^a   Van Ael, Elke ^a   Thevelein, Johan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN TPS2; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HYPHAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036129840     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.1772-1782.2002     Document Type: Article

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