Candida morphogenesis and host-pathogen interactions

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-357

  Whiteway, Malcolm ^a   Oberholzer, Ursula ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN CDC42;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BIOGENESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 4143081347     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.06.005     Document Type: Review

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