LL37 and hBD-3 elevate the β-1,3-exoglucanase activity of Candida albicans Xog1p, resulting in reduced fungal adhesion to plastic

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 441, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 963-970

  Chang, Hao Teng ^a   Tsai, Pei Wen ^b   Huang, Hsin Hui ^a   Liu, Yu Shu ^a   Chien, Tzu Shan ^a   Lan, Chung Yu ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1,3 exoglucanase; Adhesion; Candida albicans; Human defensin 3 (hBD 3); LL37; Xog1p

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 3; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL WALL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

BETA-DEFENSINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHELICIDINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CYTOTOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTICS; PROTEIN BINDING;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84862967447     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20111454     Document Type: Article

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