Candida albicans Hgt1p, a multifunctional evasion molecule: Complement inhibitor, CR3 analogue, and human immunodeficiency virus-binding molecule

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 802-809

  Lesiak Markowicz, Iwona ^a,b   Vogl, Georgia ^a   Schwarzmüller, Tobias ^b   Speth, Cornelia ^a   Lass Flörl, Cornelia ^a   Dierich, Manfred P ^a   Kuchler, Karl ^b   Würzner, Reinhard ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CAHGT1 BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNE EVASION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS GENE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COMPLEMENT C4B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP160; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 80051708723     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir455     Document Type: Article

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