The Role of Candida albicans SPT20 in Filamentation, Biofilm Formation and Pathogenesis

Xiaojiang Tan; Beth Burgwyn Fuchs; Yan Wang; Weiping Chen; Grace J. Yuen; Rosalyn B. Chen; Elamparithi Jayamani; Cleo Anastassopoulou; Read Pukkila-Worley; Jeffrey J. Coleman; Eleftherios Mylonakis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094468

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The Role of Candida albicans SPT20 in Filamentation, Biofilm Formation and Pathogenesis

Xiaojiang Tan ,

* E-mail: nfyytxj@gmail.com (XT); emylonakis@lifespan.org (EM)

Affiliations Department of Respiration, Overseas Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Beth Burgwyn Fuchs,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yan Wang,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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Weiping Chen,

Affiliation Department of Respiration, Overseas Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Grace J. Yuen,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rosalyn B. Chen,

Affiliation Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Elamparithi Jayamani,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Cleo Anastassopoulou,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Read Pukkila-Worley,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jeffrey J. Coleman,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Eleftherios Mylonakis

* E-mail: nfyytxj@gmail.com (XT); emylonakis@lifespan.org (EM)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The Role of Candida albicans SPT20 in Filamentation, Biofilm Formation and Pathogenesis

Xiaojiang Tan,
Beth Burgwyn Fuchs,
Yan Wang,
Weiping Chen,
Grace J. Yuen,
Rosalyn B. Chen,
Elamparithi Jayamani,
Cleo Anastassopoulou,
Read Pukkila-Worley,
Jeffrey J. Coleman

Published: April 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094468

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