Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen, which causes a plethora of
superficial, as well as invasive, infections in humans. The ability of this fungus in switching …

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Candida albicans is a major fungal pathogen of humans, accounting for 15% of nosocomial
infections with an estimated attributable mortality of 47%. C. albicans is usually a benign …

Cph1, a transcription factor of the Mitogen Activated Protein (MAP) kinase pathway,
regulates morphogenesis in human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Here, by following a …

While virulence properties of C andida albicans, the most commonly isolated human fungal
pathogen, are controlled by transcriptional and post‐translational mechanisms, considerably …

Human fungal pathogens are distributed throughout their kingdom, suggesting that
pathogenic potential evolved independently. Candida albicans is the most virulent member …

In the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans both cellular morphology and the
capacity to cause disease are regulated by the transcriptional repressor Nrg1p. One of the …

Fungal infections kill~ 1.6 million people every year [1]. The fungal pathogen Candida
albicans causes> 150 million mucosal infections and~ 200,000 deaths per annum due to …

In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Lu et al.(2013) report on the redundancy of signaling
pathways controlling Candida albicans filamentation and pathogenicity. In the process, they …

Candida albicans is a common cause of life-threatening fungal bloodstream infections. In
the murine model of systemic candidiasis, the kidney is the primary target organ while the …