A novel allele of HWP1, isolated from a clinical strain of Candida albicans with defective hyphal growth and biofilm formation, has deletions of Gln/Pro and Ser/Thr repeats involved in cellular adhesion

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 824-835

  Padovan, Ana Carolina B ^a   Chaves, Guilherme M ^a   Colombo, Arnaldo L ^a   Briones, Marcelo R S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofi lm and hyphae; Candida albicans; HWP1; Novel allele

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HWP1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HWPI GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 73649117139     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780802669574     Document Type: Article

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