Cryptococcus neoformans resides in an acidic phagolysosome of human macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 885-890

  Levitz, Stuart M ^a,b   Nong, Shu Hua ^a   Seetoo, Kurt F ^c   Harrison, Thomas S ^d   Speizer, Robert A ^a   Simons, Elizabeth R ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032913833     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.885-890.1999     Document Type: Article

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