Laccase of Cryptococcus neoformans is a cell wall-associated virulence factor

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 5589-5596

  Zhu, X ^a   Gibbons, J ^a   Garcia Rivera, J ^a   Casadevall, A ^a   Williamson, P R ^a  

^a m/c 735 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACCASE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOESTER; UREA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME RELEASE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNIZATION; LACCASE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034867481     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.9.5589-5596.2001     Document Type: Article

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