Phenotypic variation and persistence of Histoplasma capsulatum yeasts in host cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5310-5314

  Eissenberg, Linda Groppe ^a   Poirier, Sylvain ^a   Goldman, William E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 ALPHA GLUCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOST CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029833183     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5310-5314.1996     Document Type: Article

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