Hyphal induction in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans reveals a characteristic wall protein profile

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2297-2307

  Heilmann, Clemens J ^a   Sorgo, Alice G ^a   Siliakus, Adriaan R ^a   Dekker, Henk L ^a   Brul, Stanley ^a   Koster, Chris G ^a   de Koning, Leo J ^a   Klis, Frans M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEIN CHT2; PROTEIN CRH11; PROTEIN MP65; PROTEIN PGA4; PROTEIN PHR1; PROTEIN PHR2; PROTEIN RHD3; PROTEIN SOD4; PROTEIN UTR2; PROTEIN YWP1; PROTEOME; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FETAL CALF SERUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM MASS SPECTROMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYPHAE; PROTEOME; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79961035495     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.049395-0     Document Type: Article

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