The fungal pathogen candida albicans autoinduces hyphal morphogenesis by raising extracellular pH

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Vylkova, Slavena ^a   Carman, Aaron J ^a,b   Danhof, Heather A ^a   Collette, John R ^a   Zhou, Huaijin ^a   Lorenz, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; AMINO ACID; CARBON; FUNGAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACETYL COENZYME A HYDROLASE GENE; ALKALINIZATION; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ATO5 GENE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON SOURCE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUR1,2 GENE; EXTRACELLULAR PH; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STP2 GENE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PH; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

AMINO ACIDS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPHAE; MUTATION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84855199285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00055-11     Document Type: Article

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