Presence of extracellular DNA in the candida albicans biofilm matrix and its contribution to biofilms

Mycopathologia

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 323-331

  Martins, Margarida ^a   Uppuluri, Priya ^b   Thomas, Derek P ^b   Cleary, Ian A ^b   Henriques, Mariana ^a   Lopez Ribot, José L ^b   Oliveira, Rosário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; C. albicans; DNase; Extracellular DNA; Extracellular matrix

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, FUNGAL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 77952674175     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9264-y     Document Type: Article

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