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Tetracycline-inducible expression of individual secreted aspartic proteases in Candida albicans allows isoenzyme-specific inhibitor screening.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2008
Staib Peter, Lermann Ulrich, Blass-Warmuth Julia, Degel Björn, Würzner Reinhard, Monod Michel, Schirmeister Tanja, Morschhäuser Joachim
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The yeast Candida albicans possesses a gene family that encodes secreted aspartic proteases (Saps), which are important for the virulence of this human fungal pathogen. Inhibitors of the Saps could therefore be used as novel antimycotic agents for the treatment of C. albicans infections. In the p...
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