The Candida albicans cell wall protein Rhd3/Pga29 is abundant in the yeast form and contributes to virulence

Yeast

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 611-624

  De Boer, Albert D ^a   De Groot, Piet W J ^b,c   Weindl, Günther ^d,e   Schaller, Martin ^d   Riedel, Dietmar ^f   Diez Orejas, Rosalía ^g   Klis, Frans M ^b   De Koster, Chris G ^b   Dekker, Henk L ^b   Gross, Uwe ^a   Bader, Oliver ^a   Weig, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f Electron Microscopy Group   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell wall protein; Cytokines; Host pathogen interactions; Mannan; O glycosylation; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MANNAN; PROTEIN PGA29; PROTEIN RHD3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PGA29 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 77956827211     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1790     Document Type: Article

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