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Extracellular enolase of Candida albicans is involved in colonization of mammalian intestinal epithelium

Enolase is secreted by Candida albicans and is present in its biofilms although its extracellular function is unknown. Here we show that extracellular enolase mediates the colonization of small intestine mucosa by C. albicans. Assays using intestinal mucosa disks show that C. albicans adhesion is in...

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Autores principales: Silva, Richard C., Padovan, Ana Carolina B., Pimenta, Daniel C., Ferreira, Renata C., da Silva, Claudio V., Briones, Marcelo R. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24918088
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00066