Degradation of human subendothelial extracellular matrix by proteinase- secreting Candida albicans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 349-355

  Morschhäuser, Joachim ^a   Virkola, Ritva ^b   Korhonen, Timo K ^b   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Extracellular matrix; Secreted acid proteinase; Tissue invasion

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE; PEPSTATIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; LAMININ; PEPSTATINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 17144474933     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00273-5     Document Type: Article

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