α-galf 1→6-α-mannopyranoside side chains in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis cell wall are shared by members of the Onygenales, but not by galactomannans of other fungal genera

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-159

  San Blas, G ^a   Prieto, A ^b   Bernabe M ^c   Ahrazem, O ^b   Moreno, B ^a   Leal, J A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell wall galactomannan; Fungal taxonomy; Onygenales; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN; GALACTOSE; MANNOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYRANOSIDE; MANNAN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCELIUM; PARACOCCIDIOIDES;

ALVEOLATA; APHANOASCUS TERREUS; ASCOCALVATIA ALVEOLATA; FUNGI; ONYGENA EQUINA; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MANNANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCELIUM; ONYGENALES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES;

EID: 15944422527     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780410001731556     Document Type: Article

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