Imaging morphogenesis of Candida albicans during infection in a live animal

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mitra, Soumya ^a   Dolan, Kristy ^a   Foster, Thomas H ^a   Wellington, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; In vivo imaging

Indexed keywords

ALBICANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILAMENTOUS GROWTH; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IN VIVO IMAGING; IN-VIVO; MODEL SYSTEM; NATIVE ENVIRONMENT; NEW MODEL;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MAMMALS; YEAST;

CANDIDA;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MUS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; EAR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON;

EID: 77953166791     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3290243     Document Type: Article

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