Microevolution of Candida albicans in Macrophages Restores Filamentation in a Nonfilamentous Mutant

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Wartenberg, Anja ^a   Linde, Jörg ^a   Martin, Ronny ^a   Schreiner, Maria ^a   Horn, Fabian ^a   Jacobsen, Ilse D ^a   Jenull, Sabrina ^b   Wolf, Thomas ^a   Kuchler, Karl ^b   Guthke, Reinhard ^a   Kurzai, Oliver ^a   Forche, Anja ^c   d'Enfert, Christophe ^d,e   Brunke, Sascha ^a,f   Hube, Bernhard ^a,f,g  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e INRA F 75015   (France)

^f JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPH1 GENE; EFG1 GENE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FILAMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; MACROPHAGE; MICROEVOLUTION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANDIDIASIS; CELL CULTURE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPHAE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84919683994     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004824     Document Type: Article

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