Extracellular vesicle-associated transitory cell wall components and their impact on the interaction of fungi with host cells

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Nimrichter, Leonardo ^a   De Souza, Marcio M ^a   Del Poeta, Maurizio ^b,c   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^d   Joffe, Luna ^a   Tavares, Patricia De M ^a   Rodrigues, Marcio L ^a,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell wall remodeling; Extracellular vesicles; Fungal cell wall; Host cell; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE; VITRONECTIN;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOLYSIS; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

EID: 84983048157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01034     Document Type: Review

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