Expression of the fibrinogen binding mannoprotein and the laminin receptor of Candida albicans in vitro and in infected tissues

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-122

  López Ribot, José Luis ^a   Monteagudo, Carlos ^b   Sepúlveda, Pilar ^c   Casanova, Manuel ^c   Martínez, José Pedro ^c   Chaffin, W LaJean ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cell wall; Surface receptors

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; LAMININ RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030586716     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00253-4     Document Type: Article

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