RNAi as a Tool to Study Virulence in the Pathogenic Yeast Candida glabrata

The yeast Candida glabrata is a major opportunistic pathogen causing mucosal and systemic infections in humans. Systemic infections caused by this yeast have high mortality rates and are difficult to treat due to this yeast’s intrinsic and frequently adapting antifungal resistance. To understand and...

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Main Authors: Olena P. Ishchuk, Khadija Mohamed Ahmad, Katarina Koruza, Klara Bojanovič, Marcel Sprenger, Lydia Kasper, Sascha Brunke, Bernhard Hube, Torbjörn Säll, Thomas Hellmark, Birgitta Gullstrand, Christian Brion, Kelle Freel, Joseph Schacherer, Birgitte Regenberg, Wolfgang Knecht, Jure Piškur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01679/full