Alterations to the cell wall of Histoplasma capsulatum yeasts during infection of macrophases or epithelial cells

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1538-1544

  Eissenberg, Linda Groppe ^a   Moser, Stephen A ^a,b   Goldman, William E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; HAMSTER; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

EID: 0031007687     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516496     Document Type: Article

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