Identification of sialic acids on the cell surface of Candida albicans

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1474, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 262-268

  Soares, Regina M A ^a   De A Soares, Rosangela M ^a   Alviano, Daniela S ^a   Angluster, Jayme ^a   Alviano, Celuta S ^a   Travassos, Luiz R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Lectin; Sialic acid; Sialidase

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; LECTIN; POLYLYSINE; SIALIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALIDASE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SURFACE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LECTIN BINDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; SIALIC ACIDS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; LIMAX FLAVUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MAACKIA AMURENSIS; POLYPHEMUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 0034611799     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(00)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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