Immunolocalization of fimbrial epitopes in thin sections of Microbotryum violaceum

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-142

  Celerin, Martina ^a,b   Day, Alan W ^a   Smith, Ronald J ^a   Laudenbach, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fimbriae; Fungus; Immunolocalization; Microbotryum; Ustilago

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MICROBOTRYUM; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; USTILAGO;

EID: 0030890396     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-018     Document Type: Article

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