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Avirulence of Candida albicans CaHK1 mutants in a murine model of hematogenously disseminated candidiasis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 1999
Calera J A, Zhao X J, De Bernardis F, Sheridan M, Calderone R
Abstract excerpt
Deletion of both alleles of the Candida albicans CaHK1 gene, which causes cells to flocculate when grown at pH 7.5, a pH comparable to that of mammalian blood, abolishes the ability of the yeast to establish a successful infection in a murine model of hematogenously disseminated candidiasis. Within 72 h all mice inoculated with the parental C. albicans strain had died. The mice infected with either the...
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