Characterization of Genetic Determinants That Modulate Candida albicans Filamentation in the Presence of Bacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Fox, Sean J ^a   Shelton, Bryce T ^a   Kruppa, Michael D ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CDR4 GENE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HYPHAE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84881341845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071939     Document Type: Article

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