Fatty Acid Synthase Impacts the Pathobiology of Candida parapsilosis In Vitro and during Mammalian Infection

Long Nam Nguyen; David Trofa; Joshua D. Nosanchuk

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008421

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Fatty Acid Synthase Impacts the Pathobiology of Candida parapsilosis In Vitro and during Mammalian Infection

Long Nam Nguyen,

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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David Trofa,

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Joshua D. Nosanchuk

* E-mail: nosanchu@aecom.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Fatty Acid Synthase Impacts the Pathobiology of Candida parapsilosis In Vitro and during Mammalian Infection

Long Nam Nguyen,
David Trofa,
Joshua D. Nosanchuk

Published: December 22, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008421

About the Authors

Long Nam Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

David Trofa

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Joshua D. Nosanchuk

* E-mail: nosanchu@aecom.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LNN JDN. Performed the experiments: LNN DT. Analyzed the data: LNN JDN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDN. Wrote the paper: LNN.

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