Isolation of dsRNA-associated VLPs from the strain Cryptococcus hungaricus CBS 6569

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-154

  Pfeiffer, Ilona ^a   Gyantár, Melinda ^a   Kucsera, Judit ^a   Párducz, Árpád ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus hungaricus; Double stranded RNA; Mycocin; Virus like particle

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTEINASE; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PARTICLE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOTOXINS; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL; VIRION;

EID: 0032080520     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00117-7     Document Type: Article

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