Generating cell surface diversity in Candida albicans and other fungal pathogens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-145

  Nather, Kerstin ^a   Munro, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cell wall proteins; Glycosylphosphatidyl inositol anchors; GPI anchored proteins; Tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 47349129070     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01263.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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