Candida albicans Biofilms Produce More Secreted Aspartyl Protease than the Planktonic Cells

Aline Mendes; Alinne Ulbrich Mores; Alessandra Paula Carvalho; Rosimeire Takaki Rosa; Lakshman Perera Samaranayake; Edvaldo Antonio Ribeiro Rosa

doi:10.1248/bpb.30.1813

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Candida albicans Biofilms Produce More Secreted Aspartyl Protease than the Planktonic Cells

Aline Mendes, Alinne Ulbrich Mores, Alessandra Paula Carvalho, Rosimeire Takaki Rosa, Lakshman Perera Samaranayake, Edvaldo Antonio Ribeiro Rosa

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Keywords: biofilm, planktonic, secreted aspartyl protease (Sap), Candida albicans

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2007 Volume 30 Issue 9 Pages 1813-1815

DOI https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.30.1813

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Abstract

By using a simple, low-cost system of polystyrene centrifuge tubes we compared the secreted aspartyl proteases (Saps) secretion during the biphasic growth modes of Candida albicans using twenty-one clinical isolates. Our results indicate that biofilms of C. albicans consistently secrete more Saps than their planktonic counterparts.

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