Virulence factors in fungi of systemic mycoses

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 125-135

  Kurokawa, Cilmery Suemi ^a   Sugizaki, Maria Fátima ^a   Peraçoli, Maria Terezinha Serrão ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blastomyces dermatitidis; Coccidioides immitis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Histoplasma capsulatum; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Systemic mycosis; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

CELL WALL; DEUTEROMYCETES; ENZYMOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL WALL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCOSES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032057181     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651998000300001     Document Type: Article

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