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Identification of antifungal compounds active against Candida albicans using an improved high-throughput Caenorhabditis elegans assay.
PloS one - 14 Sept 2009
Okoli Ikechukwu, Coleman Jeffrey J, Tampakakis Emmanouil, Tempakakis Emmanouil, An W Frank, Holson Edward, Wagner Florence, Conery Annie L, Larkins-Ford Jonah, Wu Gang, Stern Andy, Ausubel Frederick M, Mylonakis Eleftherios
Abstract excerpt
Candida albicans, the most common human pathogenic fungus, can establish a persistent lethal infection in the intestine of the microscopic nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The C. elegans-C. albicans infection model was previously adapted to screen for antifungal compounds. Modifications to this screen have been made to facilitate a high-throughput assay including co-inoculation of nematodes with C. albicans and...
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