Importance of the Candida albicans cell wall during commensalism and infection

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 406-412

  Gow, Neil AR ^a   Hube, Bernhard ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Center for Sepsis Control and Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; COMMENSALISM; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84865307122     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.04.005     Document Type: Review

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