Molecular cloning, characterization, and expression of the M antigen of Histoplasma capsulatum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1947-1953

  Zancopé Oliveira, Rosely M ^a,b   Reiss, Errol ^b   Lott, Timothy J ^b   Mayer, Leonard W ^b   Deepe Jr , George S ^c  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033003821     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.67.4.1947-1953.1999     Document Type: Article

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