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Histatin 5 Resistance of Candida glabrata Can Be Reversed by Insertion of Candida albicans Polyamine Transporter-Encoding Genes DUR3 and DUR31

Candida albicans and Candida glabrata are predominant fungi associated with oral candidiasis. Histatin 5 (Hst 5) is a small cationic human salivary peptide with high fungicidal activity against C. albicans, however many strains of C. glabrata are resistant. Since Hst 5 requires fungal binding to cel...

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Autores principales: Tati, Swetha, Jang, Woong Sik, Li, Rui, Kumar, Rohitashw, Puri, Sumant, Edgerton, Mira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3632557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23613860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061480