Histoplasma capsulatum synthesizes melanin-like pigments in vitro and during mammalian infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5124-5131

  Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a   Gómez, Beatriz L ^a   Youngchim, Sirida ^a   Díez, Soraya ^a   Aisen, Philip ^a   Zancopé Oliveira, Rosely M ^a   Restrepo, Angela ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Hamilton, Andrew J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPA; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; LACCASE; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036717725     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5124-5131.2002     Document Type: Article

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