Characterization of Hwp2, a Candida albicans putative GPI-anchored cell wall protein necessary for invasive growth

Microbiological Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-258

  Hayek, Peter ^a   Dib, Leila ^a   Yazbeck, Pascal ^a   Beyrouthy, Berna ^a   Khalaf, Roy A ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Candida albicans; Filamentation; Invasiveness; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIA; ALBICANS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURFACE PROTEINS; CELL WALL PROTEINS; CONTROL STRAIN; DRUG RESISTANCE; FILAMENTATION; GPI-ANCHORED PROTEIN; INVASIVENESS; LIQUID MEDIA; MOUSE MODELS; MUTANT STRAIN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SEQUENCE IDENTITY;

ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; LIQUIDS;

PROTEINS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGAR; AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; RODENT; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MUS;

EID: 77649188323     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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