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Niche-Specific Requirement for Hyphal Wall protein 1 in Virulence of Candida albicans

Specialized Candida albicans cell surface proteins called adhesins mediate binding of the fungus to host cells. The mammalian transglutaminase (TG) substrate and adhesin, Hyphal wall protein 1 (Hwp1), is expressed on the hyphal form of C. albicans where it mediates fungal adhesion to epithelial cell...

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Autores principales: Staab, Janet F., Datta, Kausik, Rhee, Peter
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/PMC3832661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24260489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080842