Distribution of chitinase in guinea pig tissues and increases in levels of this enzyme after systemic infection with Aspergillus fumigatus

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 259-269

  Overdijk, Bernard ^a   Van Steijn, Gé J ^a   Odds, Frank C ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. fumigatus infection; Chitinase; Guinea pig tissues

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CHITINASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GEL FILTRATION; GUINEA PIG; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; FUNGI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032950310     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-1-259     Document Type: Article

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