The involvement of physico-chemical interactions in the adhesion of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis to epithelial cells

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 391-396

  Henriques, Mariana ^a   Azeredo, Joana ^a   Oliveira, Rosário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis; Epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIUM; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPHAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURFACE TENSION; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 34547882735     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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