Candida albicans Scavenges Host Zinc via Pra1 during Endothelial Invasion

Francesco Citiulo; Ilse D. Jacobsen; Pedro Miramón; Lydia Schild; Sascha Brunke; Peter Zipfel; Matthias Brock; Bernhard Hube; Duncan Wilson

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002777

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Candida albicans Scavenges Host Zinc via Pra1 during Endothelial Invasion

Francesco Citiulo,

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany
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Ilse D. Jacobsen,

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany
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Pedro Miramón,

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany
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Lydia Schild,

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany
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Sascha Brunke,

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany, Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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Peter Zipfel,

Affiliations Department of Infection Biology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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Matthias Brock,

Affiliation Microbial Biochemistry and Physiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany
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Bernhard Hube ,

* E-mail: bernhard.hube@hki-jena.de

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany, Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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Duncan Wilson

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany
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Candida albicans Scavenges Host Zinc via Pra1 during Endothelial Invasion

Francesco Citiulo,
Ilse D. Jacobsen,
Pedro Miramón,
Lydia Schild,
Sascha Brunke,
Peter Zipfel,
Matthias Brock,
Bernhard Hube,
Duncan Wilson

Published: June 28, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002777

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