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Atomic Force Microscopy Demonstrates that Candida glabrata Uses Three Epa Proteins To Mediate Adhesion to Abiotic Surfaces.
mSphere - 1 May 2019
Valotteau Claire, Prystopiuk Valeria, Cormack Brendan P, Dufrêne Yves F
Abstract excerpt
The fungal pathogen Candida glabrata can cause both mucosal and disseminated infections. Cell adhesion, a key step in colonization and infection, depends in C. glabrata primarily on the Epa family of cell adhesion proteins. While Epa proteins have been documented to mediate specific adhesion to host glycans, some of them also promote nonspecific adhesion to abiotic surfaces, though this is incompletely...
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