Different consequences of ACE2 and SWI5 gene disruptions for virulence of pathogenic and nonpathogenic yeasts

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5244-5248

  MacCallum, Donna M ^a   Findon, Helen ^b   Kenny, Claire C ^c   Butler, Geraldine ^c   Haynes, Ken ^b   Odds, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACE2; PROTEIN SWI5; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACE2 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KIDNEY INFECTION; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SWI5 GENE; TERMINAL DISEASE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHITINASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33748053018     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00817-06     Document Type: Article

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