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Dressed to impress: impact of environmental adaptation on the Candida albicans cell wall.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 2015
Hall Rebecca A
Abstract excerpt
Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen of humans causing superficial mucosal infections and life-threatening systemic disease. The fungal cell wall is the first point of contact between the invading pathogen and the host innate immune system. As a result, the polysaccharides that comprise the cell wall act as pathogen associated molecular patterns, which govern the host-pathogen interaction. The...
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