Figure 3. Endothelial Cell N-Cadherin Colocalizes with Wild-Type C. albicans, but Not an als3Δ/als3Δ Mutant Strain.

Confocal micrographs of uninfected endothelial cells (A–C), or endothelial cells infected with the wild-type strain (D–G), the als3Δ/als3Δ null mutant (H–K), or the als3Δ/als3Δ::ALS3-complemented strain (L–O). The cells were stained for N-cadherin (A), (D), (H), and (L), actin microfilaments (B), (E), (I), and (M), and C. albicans (F), (J), and (N). The merged images are shown in (C), (G), (K), and (O). Arrows indicate the accumulation of N-cadherin and microfilaments around the organisms. Bar in (O) indicates 10 μm.