Dynamic changes in the morphology of Cryptococcus neoformans during murine pulmonary infection

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2355-2365

  Feldmesser, M ^a   Kress, Y ^a   Casadevall, A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung; Ultrastructure; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MANNAN; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG INFECTION; MELANOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; THICKNESS; TIME; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

EID: 0034864222     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-8-2355     Document Type: Article

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