Portrait of Candida albicans adherence regulators.

Cell-substrate adherence is a fundamental property of microorganisms that enables them to exist in biofilms. Our study focuses on adherence of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans to one substrate, silicone, that is relevant to device-associated infection. We conducted a mutant screen with a quantit...

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Main Authors: Jonathan S Finkel, Wenjie Xu, David Huang, Elizabeth M Hill, Jigar V Desai, Carol A Woolford, Jeniel E Nett, Heather Taff, Carmelle T Norice, David R Andes, Frederick Lanni, Aaron P Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3280983?pdf=render