Mutation of the WI-1 gene yields an attenuated Blastomyces dermatitidis strain that induces host resistance

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1381-1389

  Wüthrich, Marcel ^a   Filutowicz, Hanna I ^a   Klein, Bruce S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIVE VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; YEAST;

EID: 0033660071     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI11037     Document Type: Article

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