Stage-specific gene expression of Candida albicans in human blood

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1523-1543

  Fradin, Chantal ^a   Kretschmar, Marianne ^b   Nichterlein, Thomas ^b   Gaillardin, Claude ^c   D'Enfert, Christophe ^d   Hube, Bernhard ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HOST CELL; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOLYSIS; GLYOXYLATES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYPHAE; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0345669743     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03396.x     Document Type: Article

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