Identification of extracellular phospholipase B, lysophospholipase, and acyltransferase produced by Cryptococcus neoformans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 405-411

  Chen, Sharon C A ^a,c   Wright, Lesley C ^a   Santangelo, Rosie T ^a,b   Muller, Michael ^a   Moran, Vanessa R ^a   Kuchel, Philip W ^a   Sorrell, Tania C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031020229     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.405-411.1997     Document Type: Article

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