Chemical and immunochemical characterization of limulus factor G-activating substance of Candida spp.

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-420

  Uchiyama, Michiharu ^a   Ohno, Naohito ^a   Miura, Noriko N ^a   Adachi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Aizawa, Maki W ^b   Tamura, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Shigenori ^b   Yadomae, Toshiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucan; Candida; Cell wall; Diagnosis; Fungal infection; Limulus test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCANS; LIMULUS TEST; MANNANS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0033005446     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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