Evaluation of the roles of four Candida albicans genes in virulence by using gene disruption strains that express URA3 from the native locus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6101-6103

  Cheng, Shaoji ^a   Nguyen, M Hong ^a,c   Zhang, Zongde ^a   Jia, Hongyan ^a   Handfield, Martin ^b   Clancy, Cornelius J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BUR2 GENE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; KEL1 GENE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOT3 GENE; NOT5 GENE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URA3 GENE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0141780881     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.6101-6103.2003     Document Type: Article

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