Assessing the advantage of morphological changes in Candida albicans: A game theoretical study

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Tyc, Katarzyna M ^a,c   Kühn, Clemens ^a   Wilson, Duncan ^b   Klipp, Edda ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Evolutionary game theory; Host pathogen interactions; Mathematical modeling; Pair wise context

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMMENSAL; COOPERATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 84897612767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00041     Document Type: Article

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