PHR1, a pH-regulated gene of Candida albicans encoding a glucan-remodelling enzyme, is required for adhesion and invasion

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2484-2494

  Calderon, Julia ^a   Zavrel, Martin ^b   Ragni, Enrico ^a   Fonzi, William A ^c   Rupp, Steffen ^b   Popolo, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCANOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN; PROTEIN ECE1; PROTEIN GAS1; PROTEIN HWP1; PROTEIN PHR1; PROTEIN PHR2; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ECE1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; HWP1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHR1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE; CACO 2 CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PH;

CACO-2 CELLS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPHAE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77955383005     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.038000-0     Document Type: Article

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