CO2 acts as a signalling molecule in populations of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans

• Main Authors: Hall R.A., de Sordi L., MacCallum D.M., Topal H., Eaton R., Bloor J.W., Robinson G.K., Levin L.R., Buck J., Wang Y., Gow N.A.R., Steegborn C., Mühlschlegel F.A.
• Other Authors: BIOCHEMISTRY
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: adenylate cyclase; bicarbonate; carbon dioxide; lysine; peptidoglycan; messenger RNA; animal experiment; animal model; article; binding site; Candida albicans; controlled study; Drosophila melanogaster; female; fungal biomass; fungal colonization; fungal virulence; fungus growth; invasive candidiasis; mouse; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; signal transduction; animal; Bagg albino mouse; biomass; candidiasis; cell communication; comparative study; disease model; genetics; metabolism; microbiology; pathogenicity; physiology; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; site directed mutagenesis; Southern blotting; survival rate; Western blotting; Bacteria (microorganisms); Candida; Adenylate Cyclase; Animals; Bicarbonates; Biomass; Blotting, Southern; Blotting, Western; Candidiasis; Carbon Dioxide; Cell Communication; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; Peptidoglycan; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger; Signal Transduction; Survival Rate
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161657
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.ppat.1001193