Identifying infection-associated genes of Candida albicans in the postgenomic era

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 688-700

  Wilson, Duncan ^a   Thewes, Sascha ^b   Zakikhany, Katherina ^c   Fradin, Chantal ^d   Albrecht, Antje ^a   Almeida, Ricardo ^a   Brunke, Sascha ^a   Grosse, Katharina ^a   Martin, Ronny ^a   Mayer, Francois ^a   Leonhardt, Ines ^a   Schild, Lydia ^a   Seider, Katja ^a   Skibbe, Melanie ^a   Slesiona, Silvia ^a   Waechtler, Betty ^a   Jacobsen, Ilse ^a   Hube, Bernhard ^a,e  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Host pathogen interactions; Infection models; Invasion

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EX VIVO STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TECHNOLOGY; THRUSH;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 67651173120     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00524.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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