Plasma (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay and immunohistochemical staining of (1→3)-β-D-glucan in the fungal cell walls using a novel horseshoe crab protein (T-GBP) that specifically binds to (1→3)-β-D-glucan

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-109

  Tamura, Hiroshi ^a,d   Tanaka, Shigenori ^a   Ikeda, Teruo ^b   Obayashi, Taminori ^c   Hashimoto, Yohichi ^d  

^a SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan binding protein (T GBP); chromogenic substrate; ELISA; factor G; limulus amebocyte lysate

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLUCAN; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEINS; GLUCAN-BINDING PROTEINS; LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIMULUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CANDIDA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCANS; HORSESHOE CRABS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; MALE; MICE; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030614988     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1997)11:2<104::AID-JCLA6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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