Differential phagocytosis of white versus opaque Candida albicans by Drosophila and mouse phagocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lohse, Matthew B ^a   Johnson, Alexander D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICE; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44849141076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001473     Document Type: Article

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