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Cloning and characterization of PRA1, a gene encoding a novel pH-regulated antigen of Candida albicans.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 1998
Sentandreu M, Elorza M V, Sentandreu R, Fonzi W A
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Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen of humans. The cell wall of the organism defines the interface between the pathogen and host tissues and is likely to play an essential and pivotal role in the host-pathogen interaction. The components of the cell wall critical to this interaction are undefined. Immunoscreening of a lambda expression library with sera raised against mycelial cell walls of C....
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