Figure 3

Preparation of cell walls from C. albicans (yeast and hyphae). A – Schematic representation of the purification procedure of cell walls from the dimorphic fungus C. albicans (yeast and hyphae), and of the extracts obtained [20]. B – Number of proteins identified in each extract after 2D-GE and analysis by MALDI-TOF or MALDI-TOF/TOF MS. Proteins were classified as indicated in legend to Figure 1. Four different proteins predicted to be secreted were identified in this study (see Additional file 3).