Candida albicans pathogenicity mechanisms

Virulence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-128

  Mayer, François L ^a   Wilson, Duncan ^a   Hube, Bernhard ^a,b,c  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candidiasis; Fitness attributes; Pathogenicity; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BETA 1, 3 GLUCAN; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; SIGNALING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MOLECULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TRACE METAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ALKALINIZATION; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PINOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; YEAST;

EID: 84874217979     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.22913     Document Type: Review

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