Release of a Potent Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Chemoattractant Is Regulated by White-Opaque Switching in Candida albicans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 667-677

  Geiger, Jeremy ^a   Wessels, Deborah ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; PROTEINASE K;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOKINESIS; GENE SWITCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATING; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHITE OPAQUE SWITCHING;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 0842305647     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.2.667-677.2004     Document Type: Article

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