Identification of continuous B-cell epitopes on the protein moiety of the 58-kilodalton cell wall mannoprotein of Candida albicans belonging to a family of immunodominant fungal antigens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2909-2919

  Viudes, A ^a   Perea, S ^a   Lopez Ribot, J L ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; MANNOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DERIVATIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RABBITS;

EID: 0035055261     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.2909-2919.2001     Document Type: Article

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