Candidalysins Are a New Family of Cytolytic Fungal Peptide Toxins
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DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03510-21
Abstract: Pathogenic fungi kill an estimated 1.5 million people every year. Recently, we discovered that the fungal pathogen Candida albicans secretes a peptide toxin called candidalysin during mucosal infection. ABSTRACT Candidalysin is the first cytolytic peptide… read more here.
Keywords: peptide; peptide toxins; dubliniensis tropicalis; pathogenic fungi ... See more keywords