Agglutinin-Like Sequence (ALS) Genes in the Candida parapsilosis Species Complex: Blurring the Boundaries Between Gene Families That Encode Cell-Wall Proteins

Agglutinin-Like Sequence (ALS) Genes in the Candida parapsilosis Species Complex: Blurring the Boundaries Between Gene Families That Encode Cell-Wall Proteins

The agglutinin-like sequence (Als) proteins are best-characterized in Candida albicans and known for their role in adhesion of the fungal cell to host and abiotic surfaces. ALS sequences are often misassembled in whole-genome sequence data because each species has multiple ALS loci that contain simi...

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Main Authors: Soon-Hwan Oh, Brooke Smith, Andrew N. Miller, Bart Staker, Christopher Fields, Alvaro Hernandez, Lois L. Hoyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
agglutinin-like sequence genes
ALS family
Candida species
adhesion
cell-wall proteins
fungi
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00781/full

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