Candida albicans Scavenges Host Zinc via Pra1 during Endothelial Invasion

The ability of pathogenic microorganisms to assimilate essential nutrients from their hosts is critical for pathogenesis. Here we report endothelial zinc sequestration by the major human fungal pathogen, Candida albicans. We hypothesised that, analogous to siderophore-mediated iron acquisition, C. a...

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Autores principales: Citiulo, Francesco, Jacobsen, Ilse D., Miramón, Pedro, Schild, Lydia, Brunke, Sascha, Zipfel, Peter, Brock, Matthias, Hube, Bernhard, Wilson, Duncan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3386192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22761575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002777

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3386192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22761575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002777

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