Human antibodies against a purified glucosylceramide from Cryptococcus neoformans inhibit cell budding and fungal growth

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 7049-7060

  Rodrigues, Marcio L ^a   Travassos, Luiz R ^b   Miranda, Kildare R ^a   Franzen, Anderson J ^a   Rozental, Sonia ^a   De Souza, Wanderley ^a   Alviano, Celuta S ^a   Barreto Bergter, Eliana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; SPHINGOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CEREBROSIDES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034444081     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.7049-7060.2000     Document Type: Article

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