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Role of the septin Cdc10 in the virulence of Candida albicans.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2006
González-Novo Alberto, Labrador Leticia, Jiménez Antonio, Sánchez-Pérez Miguel, Jiménez Javier
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The relationship between the morphology and virulence of Candida albicans has aroused interest in the study of the proteins involved in its morphogenesis. We present virulence data for one important element in fungal morphogenesis-septins. We disrupted CaCDC10 and studied the virulence in a mouse infection model and the different steps followed by the fungus during the infection: adherence to epithelial cells,...
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