Quantitative expression of the Candida albicans secreted aspartyl proteinase gene family in human oral and vaginal candidiasis

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3266-3280

  Naglik, Julian R ^a   Moyes, David ^a   Makwana, Jagruti ^a   Kanzaria, Priya ^a   Tsichlaki, Elina ^a   Weindl, Günther ^b   Tappuni, Anwar R ^a   Rodgers, Catherine A ^c   Woodman, Alexander J ^a   Challacombe, Stephen J ^a   Schaller, Martin ^b   Hube, Bernhard ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PROTEIN SAP1; PROTEIN SAP10; PROTEIN SAP2; PROTEIN SAP3; PROTEIN SAP4; PROTEIN SAP5; PROTEIN SAP6; PROTEIN SAP7; PROTEIN SAP8; PROTEIN SAP9; PROTEINASE; SECRETED ASPARTYL PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THRUSH; UPREGULATION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; WILD TYPE;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 57349145280     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/022293-0     Document Type: Article

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