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Candida albicans PLD I activity is required for full virulence.
Medical mycology - 1 Oct 2004
Dolan Joseph W, Bell A Cheria, Hube Bernhard, Schaller Martin, Warner Thomas F, Balish Edward
Abstract excerpt
Phospholipase D1 (PLD1) mutants of Candida albicans are defective in important in vivo and in vitro virulence factors. PLD1 mutants colonize the murine alimentary tract as well as PLD1 sufficient strains. In comparison to PLD1 sufficient strains, the PLD1 mutants: (i) are unable to survive in internal organs after intravenous challenge; (ii) do not decrease the body weights of mice after oral challenge; and (iii)...
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