The antibody response to fungal melanin in mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 6026-6031

  Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a   Rosas, Angel L ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0032526347     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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