The hydrolase PbHAD32 participates in the adherence of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis conidia to epithelial lung cells

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 533-537

  Hernández, Orville ^a,b,c   Almeida, Agostinho J ^b   Tamayo, Diana ^b   Torres, Isaura ^a,b   Garcia, Ana Maria ^b   López, Angela ^b   Restrepo, Angela ^b   McEwen, Juan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b Corporación Para Investigaciones Biológicas ^*  (Colombia)

^c Epidemiology Section   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Down regulation; Gene expression; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; HYDROLASE; MESSENGER RNA; PBHAD32 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; YEAST;

CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; LUNG; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84862163013     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.619583     Document Type: Article

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