Isolation and partial characterization of a Paracoccidioides brasiliensis 58 kDa extracellular glycoprotein which is recognized by human immune sera

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 566-572

  Figueroa, J I ^a   Hamilton, A J ^a   Allen, M H ^a   Hay, R J ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycoprotein antigen; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Partial characterization

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DEGLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MEMBRANE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; YEAST;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

FUNGI; MURINAE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0028811580     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(95)90111-6     Document Type: Article

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