Morphological transition of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis conidia to yeast cells: In vivo inhibition in females

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5587-5591

  Aristizabal, Beatriz H ^a   Clemons, Karl V ^b,c   Stevens, David A ^b,c   Restrepo, Angela ^a  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0032425956     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5587-5591.1998     Document Type: Article

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