Synthesis and immunogenicity of polysaccharide-protein conjugate composed of galactoglucoxylomannan of Cryptococcus laurentii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-314

  Bystrický, Slavomír ^a   Paulovicová, Ema ^a   MacHová, Eva ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Conjugate; Cryptococcus laurentii; Galactoglucoxylomannan; Serum IgG

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; FUNGUS VACCINE; GALACTOGLUCOXYLOMANNAN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MANNANS; RABBITS; SERUM ALBUMIN; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 2942592817     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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