ALS3 and ALS8 represent a single locus that encodes a Candida albicans adhesin; functional comparisons between Als3p and Als1p

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2415-2428

  Zhao, Xiaomin ^a   Oh, Soon Hwan ^a   Cheng, Georgina ^a   Green, Clayton B ^a   Nuessen, Jennifer A ^a   Yeater, Kathleen ^a   Leng, Roger P ^b   Brown, Alistair J P ^b   Hoyer, Lois L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; FIBRONECTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALS1P; PROTEIN ALS3; PROTEIN ALS3P; PROTEIN ALS8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THRUSH;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 4344613598     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26943-0     Document Type: Article

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