The expression of the secreted aspartyl proteinases Sap4 to Sap6 from Candida albicans in murine macrophages

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 543-554

  Borg von Zepelin, M ^a   Beggah, S ^b   Boggian, K ^b   Sanglard, D ^b   Monod, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PICHIA; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0031971193     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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