Proteins in the cell wall and membrane of Cryptococcus neoformans stimulate lymphocytes from both adults and fetal cord blood to proliferate

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4811-4819

  Mody, Christopher H ^a   Sims, Kurtis L ^a   Wood, Cynthia J ^a   Syme, Rachel M ^a   Spurrell, Jason C L ^a   Sexton, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0029964833     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4811-4819.1996     Document Type: Article

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