The role of secreted aspartyl proteinases in Candida albicans keratitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3559-3565

  Jackson, Beth E ^a   Wilhelmus, Kirk R ^a,c   Hube, Bernhard ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SAP1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; SAP2 PROTEIN, CANDIDA; SAP3 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; SAP4 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; SAP5 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; SAP8 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; SAP9 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPH1 GENE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFG1 GENE; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; INOCULATION; KERATITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KERATITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 34648843431     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0114     Document Type: Article

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