Effect of melanization upon porosity of the cryptococcal cell wall

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-333

  Jacobson, Eric S ^a,c   Ikeda, Reiko ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Fungal virulence

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEXTRANS; MELANINS; PERMEABILITY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 22744446097     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780412331271081     Document Type: Article

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