Candida albicans iron acquisition within the host

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1000-1012

  Almeida, Ricardo S ^a,b   Wilson, Duncan ^a   Hube, Bernhard ^a,c  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Host iron sources; Iron uptake; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HOST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PH; SHORT SURVEY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMANS; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 70350020264     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00570.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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