The role of Candida albicans SPT20 in filamentation, biofilm formation and pathogenesis.

The role of Candida albicans SPT20 in filamentation, biofilm formation and pathogenesis.

Candida albicans is a ubiquitous fungus, which can cause very serious and sometimes life-threatening infections in susceptible patients. We used Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host to screen a library of C. albicans mutants for decreased virulence and identified SPT20 as important for virulence....

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Main Authors: Xiaojiang Tan, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Yan Wang, Weiping Chen, Grace J Yuen, Rosalyn B Chen, Elamparithi Jayamani, Cleo Anastassopoulou, Read Pukkila-Worley, Jeffrey J Coleman, Eleftherios Mylonakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24732310/?tool=EBI

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