Structure, cellular distribution, antigenicity, and biological functions of Fonsecaea pedrosoi ceramide monohexosides

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 7860-7868

  Nimrichter, Leonardo ^a,b   Cerqueira, Mariana D ^a   Leitão, Eduardo A ^a   Miranda, Kildare ^a,c   Nakayasu, Ernesto S ^d,e   Almeida, Sandro R ^d   Almeida, Igor C ^d,e   Alviano, Celuta S ^a   Barreto Bergter, Eliana ^a   Rodrigues, Marcio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CERAMIDE MONOHEXOSIDE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL GROUP; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; N 2' HYDROXYHEXADECANOYL 1 BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL 9 METHYL 4,8 SPHINGADIENINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASCOMYCOTA; CEREBROSIDES; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; MELANINS; MICE;

EID: 28444464447     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.12.7860-7868.2005     Document Type: Article

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