Individual acid aspartic proteinases (Saps) 1-6 of Candida albicans are not essential for invasion and colonization of the gastrointestinal tract in mice

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 61-70

  Kretschmar, Marianne ^a   Felk, Angelika ^b,e   Staib, Peter ^c   Schaller, Martin ^d   Heß, Daniela ^e   Callapina, Melvin ^a   Morschhäuser, Joachim ^c   Schäfer, Wilhelm ^e   Korting, Hans Christian ^d   Hof, Herbert ^a   Hube, Bernard ^b,e   Nichterlein, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid aspartic proteinase; Candida albicans; Gastrointestinal infection; Immunoelectron microscopy; IVET; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES INVASION;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0036354556     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.2001.0478     Document Type: Article

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