The role of Candida albicans SPT20 in filamentation, biofilm formation and pathogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Xiaojiang ^a,b,c   Fuchs, Beth Burgwyn ^b,c   Wang, Yan ^c,d   Chen, Weiping ^a   Yuen, Grace J ^e   Chen, Rosalyn B ^f   Jayamani, Elamparithi ^b   Anastassopoulou, Cleo ^c   Pukkila Worley, Read ^c   Coleman, Jeffrey J ^b,c   Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^b,c  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Phillips Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; SPT20 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; C.I. FLUORESCENT BRIGHTENING AGENT 28;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL NUCLEUS; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BENZENESULFONATES; BIOFILMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL WALL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOTHS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84899657622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094468     Document Type: Article

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