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Adhesion of Candida albicans mutant strains to host tissue.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Jun 1998
Arie Z R, Altboum Z, Sandovsky-Losica H, Segal E
Abstract excerpt
Adhesion of Candida albicans to host cells is believed to represent a fungal virulence factor and a significant step in the development of candidiasis. As C. albicans strains may differ in their in vitro adhesion ability we initiated a study to investigate whether mutant strains differ in this respect from their parent wild-type. We assessed the in vitro adhesion of C. albicans CBS562 and two mutants obtained by...
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