Profiling of adhesive properties of the agglutinin-like sequence (ALS) protein family, a virulent attribute of Candida albicans

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-124

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

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

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALS gene family; Biofilm; Candida albicans; Cell surface engineering; Metal; Plastic

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ LIKE SEQUENCE PROTEIN; BORON; BOROSILICATE; GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYPROPYLENE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; PROTEIN; SILICATE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURFACE ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE PRODUCT; MATERIALS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; LECTINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84860518456     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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