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Candida albicans is a fungal pathogen that causes infection via cell surface adhesins. In AIDS patients, esophageal candidiasis is established by recognition of esophageal epithelial cells by C. albicans. To determine the mechanism of this interaction, the human epithelial esophageal cell line, HET1-A, was cultured with C. albicans grown on D-galactose or on D-glucose. In vitro adherence assay revealed greater adherence of cells grown in D-galactose than in D-glucose. D-glucosamine or N-acetyl-D-glucosamine inhibited adhesion of C. albicans to HET1-A cells. SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting showed that adherence of C. albicans to HET1-A was influenced by cell surface proteins.
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A new member of the ATP-binding cassette gene family of Candida albicans and its gene disruption ability were identified. Results showed that the gene family includes both membrane transport proteins which confered a drug resistance phenotype and proteins whose functions are associated with protein translation. It was also observed that elongation like factor displayed the greatest homology with S. cerevisiae ORF and lower homology with fungal elongation factor.
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A study was conducted to analyze identify genes of enviornmentally regulated pathways by searching for histidine kinase homologues of Candida albicans. C. albican strains were prepared either in YPD complex medium or YNB minimal medium at 28 degrees C. Results indicated that delta-cahk1 mutants flocculate extensively in a gene-dosage-dependent manner under conditions which induce germ-tube formation.
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