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Increased expression of keratinase and other peptidases by Candida parapsilosis mutants.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Mar 2011
Duarte T R, Oliveira S S, Macrae A, Cedrola S M L, Mazotto A M, Souza E P, Melo A C N, Vermelho A B
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Keratinases are enzymes of great importance involved in pathogenic processes of some fungi. They also have a widespread ecological role since they are responsible for the degradation and recycling of keratin. On the one hand, studying them furthers our knowledge of pathogenicity mechanisms, which has important implications for human health, and on the other hand, understanding their ecological role in keratin...
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