Oxidative Stress Responses in the Human Fungal Pathogen, Candida albicans

Oxidative Stress Responses in the Human Fungal Pathogen, Candida albicans

Candida albicans is a major fungal pathogen of humans, causing approximately 400,000 life-threatening systemic infections world-wide each year in severely immunocompromised patients. An important fungicidal mechanism employed by innate immune cells involves the generation of toxic reactive oxygen sp...

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Main Authors: Alessandra da Silva Dantas, Alison Day, Mélanie Ikeh, Iaroslava Kos, Beatrice Achan, Janet Quinn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-02-01
Series:Biomolecules
Subjects:
fungal pathogenesis
Candida albicans
oxidative stress
stress signaling
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/5/1/142

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