Candida albicans possesses Sap7 as a pepstatin A-insensitive secreted aspartic protease.

BACKGROUND: Candida albicans, a commensal organism, is a part of the normal flora of healthy individuals. However, once the host immunity is compromised, C. albicans opportunistically causes recurrent superficial or fatal systemic candidiasis. Secreted aspartic proteases (Sap), encoded by 10 types o...

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Main Authors: Wataru Aoki, Nao Kitahara, Natsuko Miura, Hironobu Morisaka, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Kouichi Kuroda, Mitsuyoshi Ueda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3287985?pdf=render