Sialic acids are absent from the dermatophytes Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 197-202

  Esquenazi, Daniele ^a   Rozental, S ^a   Alviano, C S ^a   Travassos, L R ^b   Schauer, R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lectins; Sialic acid; Trichophyton mentagrophytes; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; LIGAND; MONOSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DERMATOPHYTE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

AGGLUTINATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORIMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; LECTINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MYCELIUM; NEURAMINIDASE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SIALIC ACIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LIMAX FLAVUS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0038391242     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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