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SUBMITTER: Ullmann BD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC420131 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ullmann Breanna D BD Myers Hadley H Chiranand Wiriya W Lazzell Anna L AL Zhao Qiang Q Vega Luis A LA Lopez-Ribot Jose L JL Gardner Paul R PR Gustin Michael C MC
Eukaryotic cell 20040601 3
The yeast Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen that threatens patients with compromised immune systems. Immune cell defenses against C. albicans are complex but typically involve the production of reactive oxygen species and nitrogen radicals such as nitric oxide (NO) that damage the yeast or inhibit its growth. Whether Candida defends itself against NO and the molecules responsible for this defense have yet to be determined. The defense against NO in various bacteria and the yeast Sacc ...[more]