Adherence mechanisms in human pathogenic fungi

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 749-772

  Tronchin, Guy ^a   Pihet, Marc ^a,b   Lopes Bezerra, Leila ^c   Bouchara, Jean Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adherence; Candida yeasts; Dimorphic fungi; Extracellular matrix; Pathogenic aspergilli

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AGGLUTININ; ASPARTATE PROTEINASE; BIOMATERIAL; BLASTOMYCES ADHESIN 1; CAMP65 PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CHITIN; CSF4P PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCAN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HYPHAL WALL PROTEIN 1; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; LECTIN; LIGAND; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MANNAN; MANNOPROTEIN; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; STATHERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BIOFILM; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOULD; MUCORALES; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; ZYGOMYCETES;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MYCOSES; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES;

CANDIDA; FUNGI;

EID: 56149108178     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802206435     Document Type: Review

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