Deletion of the CaBIG1 gene reduces β-1,6-glucan synthesis, filamentation, adhesion, and virulence in Candida albicans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2373-2381

  Umeyama, Takashi ^a   Kaneko, Aki ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^b   Hirai, Asuka ^a,c   Uehara, Yoshimasa ^a   Niimi, Masakazu ^a   Azuma, Masayuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,6 GLUCAN; BIG1P PROTEIN; CABIG1P PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIG1 GENE; BODY BURDEN; CABIG1 GENE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FILAMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33645518450     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2373-2381.2006     Document Type: Article

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