Adhesion of the human pathogen Sporothrix schenckii to several extracellular matrix proteins

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 651-657

  Lima, O C ^a,b   Figueiredo, C C ^a   Pereira, B A S ^a   Coelho, M C P ^a   Morandi, V ^a   Lopes Bezerra, L M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Fibronectin; Laminin; Sporothrix schenckii; Type II collagen

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; SCLEROPROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

CELL ADHESION; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBRONECTINS; LAMININ; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; THROMBOSPONDINS;

EID: 0033127523     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999000500020     Document Type: Article

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