Sialic acids in fungi: A minireview

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 545-554

  Alviano, Celuta S ^a   Travassos, Luiz R ^b   Schauer, Roland ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anionic groups; Fungal pathogenesis; Fungi; N acetylneuraminic acid; Oacetylated sialic acids; Sialic acids

Indexed keywords

ANION; LECTIN; NEURAMINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLORIMETRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXTRACTION; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

FUNGI; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; SIALIC ACIDS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGI; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 0033497821     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007078106280     Document Type: Article

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