Comprehensive characterization of secreted aspartic proteases encoded by a virulence gene family in Candida albicans

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-438

  Aoki, Wataru ^a,b   Kitahara, Nao ^b   Miura, Natsuko ^a,b   Morisaka, Hironobu ^b   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^c   Kuroda, Kouichi ^b   Ueda, Mitsuyoshi ^b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; secreted aspartic proteases (SAP); substrate specificity; virulence factor; yeast hyphae transition

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN SAP1; PROTEIN SAP10; PROTEIN SAP2; PROTEIN SAP3; PROTEIN SAP4; PROTEIN SAP5; PROTEIN SAP6; PROTEIN SAP7; PROTEIN SAP8; PROTEIN SAP9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ASPARTIC ACID PROTEASES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 80053474775     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr073     Document Type: Article

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