Candida albicans GRX2, encoding a putative glutaredoxin, is required for virulence in a murine model

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1051-1063

  Chaves, G M ^a,b   Bates, S ^a   MacCallum, D M ^a   Odds, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Glutathione reductase; GRX2; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DIAMIDE; GLUTAREDOXIN; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MENADIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL KILLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GROWTH RATE; GRX2 GENE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUTAREDOXINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRULENCE; VITAMIN K 3;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 37349028000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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