Antibody-mediated shift in the profile of glycoprotein A phenotypes observed in a mouse model of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1892-1899

  Gigliotti, Francis ^a,c   Garvy, Beth A ^b   Harmsen, Allen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0029886703     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.1892-1899.1996     Document Type: Article

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