Effect of monoclonal antibodies directed against Candida albicans cell wall antigens on the adhesion of the fungus to polystyrene

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2271-2277

  San Millan, Rosario ^a   Ezkurra, Pilar A ^a   Quindós, Guillermo ^a   Robert, Raymond ^b   Senet, Jean Marcel ^b   Pontón, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UER Sci Medicales Pharmaceutiques   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion to polystyrene; Candida albicans; Filamentation; Germ tubes; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GERMINATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0029842599     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2271     Document Type: Article

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