The siderophore iron transporter of Candida albicans (Sit1p/Arn1p) mediates uptake of ferrichrome-type siderophores and is required for epithelial invasion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5246-5255

  Heymann, Petra ^a   Gerads, Michaela ^a   Schaller, Martin ^a   Dromer, Francoise ^a   Winkelmann, Günther ^a   Ernst, Joachim F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRICHROME; SIDEROPHORE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL INVASION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; HEME SYNTHESIS; IRON TRANSPORT; MOUSE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036716474     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5246-5255.2002     Document Type: Article

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