Synthesis of melanin-like pigments by Sporothrix schenckii in vitro and during mammalian infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4026-4033

  Morris Jones, Rachael ^a   Youngchim, Sirida ^a,b   Gomez, Beatriz L ^a   Aisen, Phil ^c   Hay, Roderick J ^a   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^c   Casadevall, Arturo ^c   Hamilton, Andrew J ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; HAMSTER; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; VIRULENCE; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 0038309747     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.4026-4033.2003     Document Type: Article

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