A major cell surface antigen of Coccidioides immitis which elicits both humoral and cellular immune responses

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 584-593

  Hung, Chiung Yu ^a   Ampel, Neil M ^b,c   Christian, Lara ^b,c   Seshan, Kalpathi R ^a   Cole, Garry T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SKIN TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; COCCIDIOIDES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 0033967422     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.584-593.2000     Document Type: Article

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