Sialylglycoconjugates and sialyltransferase activity in the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-173

  Rodrigues, Marcio L ^a   Dobroff, Andrey S S ^b   Couceiro, José Nelson dos S S ^a   Alviano, Celuta S ^a   Schauer, Roland ^c   Travassos, Luiz R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Lectins; O acetylated sialic acid; Sialylglycoconjugates; Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ASIALOFETUIN; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALYLGLYCOCONJUGATE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS CULTURE; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SIALYLATION; VIRULENCE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; INFLUENZA C VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LIMAX; LIMAX FLAVUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 0038499721     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024245606607     Document Type: Article

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