Binding of Candida albicans to immobilized amino acids and bovine serum albumin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 140-144

  Hawser, Stephen P ^a,b   Islam, Khalid ^a,b  

^a Gruppo Lepetit SpA   (Italy)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE; PROLINE; TETRAZOLIUM;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031965099     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.140-144.1998     Document Type: Article

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