The HOG pathway is critical for the colonization of the mouse gastrointestinal tract by Candida albicans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Prieto, Daniel ^a   Román, Elvira ^a   Correia, Inês ^a   Pla, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CEK1 GENE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOG1 GENE; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MKC1 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH PH;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84900344166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087128     Document Type: Article

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