Wild-type Drosophila melanogaster as a model host to analyze nitrogen source dependent virulence of Candida albicans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Davis, Monica M ^a   Alvarez, Francisco J ^b,c   Ryman, Kicki ^b   Holm, Åsa A ^a,d   Ljungdahl, Per O ^b   Engström, Ylva ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; DROSOMYCIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN PTR3; PROTEIN SAP2; PROTEIN SSY1; PROTEIN SSY5; PROTEIN STP1; PROTEIN STP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOMYCIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ACTIVATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETHALITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SPS SENSING PATHWAY; THORAX; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUS;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORAX;

EID: 81055146935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027434     Document Type: Article

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