Aspartate proteases of Candida fungi - a potential target for anti-virulent therapy

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Keywords:

candidiasis

fungi of the genus Candida

pathogenicity factor

virulence

secretory aspartate proteases

anti-virulent therapy

Authors:

Chebotar' I.V.

GOU VPO Nizhegorodskaia gosudarstvennaia meditsinskaia akademiia Minzdravsotsrazvitiia RF, Nizhniĭ Novgorod

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