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A Catheter-Related Candida albicans Infection Model in Mouse
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Detection of Candida albicans by using a designed fluorescence-quenched peptide
Wataru Aoki1, Nao Kitahara, Aika Fujita
1The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
|June 6, 2013
Abstract:
Convenient detection of Candida albicans in human bodies is essential to treat patients with candidiasis. In this study, we designed a fluorescence-quenched peptide that emits fluorescence after being cleaved by virulent proteases secreted by C. albicans. The designed peptide will enable easy detection of candidiasis in immunocompromised patients.

