Candida albicans septin mutants are defective for invasive growth and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4045-4051

  Warenda, Amy J ^a   Kauffman, Sarah ^b   Sherrill, Taylor P ^b   Becker, Jeffrey M ^b   Konopka, James B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEPTIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGUS GROWTH; KIDNEY INFECTION; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; VIRULENCE;

AGAR; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HYPHAE; KIDNEY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037634190     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.4045-4051.2003     Document Type: Article

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