Fucose-specific adhesins on germ tubes of Candida albicans

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-67

  Vardar Ünlü, Gülhan ^a,c   McSharry, Charles ^b   Douglas, L Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Candida albicans; Fucose; Germ tube; Lectin like

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LECTIN BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUCOSE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0345451560     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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