Als3 is a Candida albicans invasin that binds to cadherins and induces endocytosis by host cells

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 0543-0557

  Phan, Quynh T ^a   Myers, Carter L ^a   Fu, Yue ^a,b   Sheppard, Donald C ^c   Yeaman, Michael R ^a,b   Welch, William H ^d   Ibrahim, Ashraf S ^a,b   Edwards Jr , John E ^a,b   Filler, Scott G ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; INVASIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN ALS1; PROTEIN ALS3; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; ALS3 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; CADHERIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DAMAGE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; UMBILICAL VEIN; WILD TYPE; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CRICETULUS; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BOVINAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 33947273030     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050064     Document Type: Article

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