Evidence for a melanin cell wall component in Pneumocystis carinii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5360-5363

  Icenhour, Crystal R ^a   Kottom, Theodore J ^a   Limper, Andrew H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; COLORIMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MELANINS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0041823315     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.5360-5363.2003     Document Type: Article

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