Extracellular proteinase activity of Cryptococcus neoformans

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 570-574

  Chen, Lin Chi ^a   Blank, Erika S ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029793565     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.5.570-574.1996     Document Type: Article

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