Immunochemical and subcellular localization of the 43 kDa glycoprotein antigen of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis with monoclonal antibodies

Medical Mycology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Straus, A H ^a   Freymuller E ^a   Travassos, L R ^a   Takahashi, H K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

glycoprotein; immunoelectron microscopy; monoclonal antibodies; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HYBRIDOMAS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PARACOCCIDIOIDES;

EID: 0029888850     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681219680000301     Document Type: Article

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