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Intestinal resident yeast Candida glabrata requires Cyb2p-mediated lactate assimilation to adapt in mouse intestine.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Ueno Keigo, Matsumoto Yasuhiko, Uno Jun, Sasamoto Kaname, Sekimizu Kazuhisa, Kinjo Yuki, Chibana Hiroji
Abstract excerpt
The intestinal resident Candida glabrata opportunistically infects humans. However few genetic factors for adaptation in the intestine are identified in this fungus. Here we describe the C. glabrata CYB2 gene encoding lactate dehydrogenase as an adaptation factor for survival in the intestine. CYB2 was identified as a virulence factor by a silkworm infection study. To determine the function of CYB2, we analysed...
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