The pH of the host niche controls gene expression in and virulence of Candida albicans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3317-3325

  De Bernardis, Flavia ^a   Mühlschlegel, Fritz A ^b   Cassone, Antonio ^a   Fonzi, William A ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 2642632760     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3317-3325.1998     Document Type: Article

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