TABLE 1.

C. albicans Strains Evaluated in Mouse Keratitis Model

C. albicans Strain	Possible Role in Pathogenesis	Reference
SC5314	Wild-type strain that produces severe experimental keratomycosis	Gillum et al. [27]
DAY286	Mutant reference strain that provides positive control	Davis et al.[10]
ker1−/−	Lysine/glutamate-rich plasma-membrane protein	Galán et al.[24]
int1−/−	Membrane protein involved in filamentation and epithelial adherence	Bendel et al. [21]
muc1−/−	Hyphal cell-wall protein	Li & Palacek[23]
mlt1−/−	ATP-dependent transporter protein	Theiss et al.[32]
rim13−/−	Protease involved in filamentation induced by the RIM101 pathway	Noble et al. [15]
mds3−/−	Protein involved in pH-dependent filamentation	Noble et al. [15]
sla2−/−	Protein that contributes to INT1-induced filamentation	Asleson et al.[17]
sch9−/−	Protein kinase involved in filamentation and chlamydospores formation	Nobile et al.[15]
suv3−/−	RNA helicase involved in chlamydospores formation	Nobile et al.[15]