Disruption of Homocitrate Synthase Genes in Candida albicans Affects Growth But Not Virulence

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 397-402

  Kur, Krzysztof ^a   Gabriel, Iwona ^a   Morschhäuser, Joachim ^b   Barchiesi, Francesco ^c   Spreghini, Elisabetta ^c   Milewski, Sławomir ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Gene disruption; Homocitrate synthase; Lysine biosynthesis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

HOMOCITRATE SYNTHASE; LYASE; LYSINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, FUNGAL; LYSINE; MICE; OXO-ACID-LYASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MURINAE;

EID: 78049342725     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9337-y     Document Type: Article

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