Candida albicans Als3p is required for wild-type biofilm formation on silicone elastomer surfaces

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2287-2299

  Zhao, Xiaomin ^a   Daniels, Karla J ^b   Oh, Soon Hwan ^a   Green, Clayton B ^a   Yeater, Kathlenn M ^a   Soll, David R ^b   Hoyer, Lois L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALS3P; SILASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 33747094737     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28959-0     Document Type: Article

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