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Differential virulence of Candida glabrata glycosylation mutants.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Jul 2013
West Lara, Lowman Douglas W, Mora-Montes Héctor M, Grubb Sarah, Murdoch Craig, Thornhill Martin H, Gow Neil A R, Williams David, Haynes Ken
Abstract excerpt
The fungus Candida glabrata is an important and increasingly common pathogen of humans, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. Despite this, little is known about the attributes that allow this organism to cause disease or its interaction with the host immune system. However, in common with other fungi, the cell wall of C. glabrata is the initial point of contact between the host and pathogen, and as such, it...
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