Evidence for a β1 integrin fibronectin receptor in Candida tropicalis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-132

  DeMuri, Gregory P ^a,c   Hostetter, Margaret K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN RECEPTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0030017246     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.1.127     Document Type: Article

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