Deletion of ALS5, ALS6 or ALS7 increases adhesion of Candida albicans to human vascular endothelial and buccal epithelial cells

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 429-434

  Zhao, Xiaomin ^a   Oh, Soon Hwan ^a   Hoyer, Lois L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adhesion; ALS gene family; Candida albicans; Host pathogen interaction

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ LIKE SEQUENCE 5 PROTEIN; AGGLUTININ LIKE SEQUENCE 6 PROTEIN; AGGLUTININ LIKE SEQUENCE 7 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOUTH MUCOSA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 34547602071     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701377162     Document Type: Article

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