Identification of salivary components that induce transition of hyphae to yeast in Candida albicans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1102-1110

  Leito, Jelani T D ^a   Ligtenberg, Antoon J M ^a   Nazmi, Kamran ^a   Veerman, Enno C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Candida albicans; Germ tube; Statherin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; STATHERIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVA; TOOTH; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; HYPHAE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; VIRULENCE; YEASTS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 70350022242     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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