Histoplasma capsulatum yeast cells attach and agglutinate human erythrocytes

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-292

  Taylor, Maria Lucia ^a   Duarte Escalante, E ^a   Perez A ^a   Zenteno, E ^a   Toriello, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Attachment; Erythrocytes; H. capsulatum; Hemagglutination; Pathogenic mechanism

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; SIALIC ACID; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING KINETICS; BLOOD GROUP; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; YEAST CELL;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CELL ADHESION; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; DISACCHARIDES; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; GALACTOSE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HISTOPLASMA; HUMANS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS;

EID: 3242876201     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001644734     Document Type: Article

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